diff --git a/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in b/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
index 3c901b9b6d..b4f54f2be7 100644
--- a/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
+++ b/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Suspend/Resume Running libvirt Guests
+Requires=libvirtd.service
 After=network.target
 After=time-sync.target
 After=libvirtd.service