diff --git a/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in b/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in
index 1b865af47b..e53c0c6ada 100644
--- a/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in
+++ b/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Type=notify
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/charon-systemd
 ExecStartPost=@SBINDIR@/swanctl --load-all --noprompt
 ExecReload=@SBINDIR@/swanctl --reload
+Restart=on-abnormal
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in b/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
index 0bb9d5456d..474284a198 100644
--- a/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
+++ b/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ After=syslog.target network-online.target
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/@IPSEC_SCRIPT@ start --nofork
 StandardOutput=syslog
+Restart=on-abnormal
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target