diff --git a/keepalived/keepalived.service.in b/keepalived/keepalived.service.in

index 75bf0e5..3f078aa 100644

--- a/keepalived/keepalived.service.in

+++ b/keepalived/keepalived.service.in

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ KillMode=process

 EnvironmentFile=-@sysconfdir@/sysconfig/keepalived

 ExecStart=@sbindir@/keepalived $KEEPALIVED_OPTIONS

 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID

+Restart=on-failure

+RestartSec=5s

 [Install]

 WantedBy=multi-user.target