diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in b/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
index f12c3040e9..9e91fa3261 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Documentation=man:virtlockd(8)
 Documentation=https://libvirt.org
 
 [Service]
+Type=notify
 Environment=VIRTLOCKD_ARGS=
 EnvironmentFile=-@initconfdir@/virtlockd
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/virtlockd $VIRTLOCKD_ARGS
diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in b/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
index e665e8a02e..97c942ffb0 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Documentation=man:virtlogd(8)
 Documentation=https://libvirt.org
 
 [Service]
+Type=notify
 Environment=VIRTLOGD_ARGS=
 EnvironmentFile=-@initconfdir@/virtlogd
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/virtlogd $VIRTLOGD_ARGS