diff --git a/daemons/dmeventd/dmeventd.c b/daemons/dmeventd/dmeventd.c
index 179775a9a..e6b269c5c 100644
--- a/daemons/dmeventd/dmeventd.c
+++ b/daemons/dmeventd/dmeventd.c
@@ -1823,6 +1823,59 @@ static void _daemonize(void)
 	setsid();
 }
 
+static int _reinstate_registrations(struct dm_event_fifos *fifos)
+{
+	static const char _failed_parsing_msg[] = "Failed to parse existing event registration.\n";
+	static const char *_delim = " ";
+	struct dm_event_daemon_message msg = { 0 };
+	char *endp, *dso_name, *dev_name, *mask, *timeout;
+	unsigned long mask_value, timeout_value;
+	int i, ret;
+
+	ret = daemon_talk(fifos, &msg, DM_EVENT_CMD_HELLO, NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
+	dm_free(msg.data);
+	msg.data = NULL;
+
+	if (ret) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to communicate with new instance of dmeventd.\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; _initial_registrations[i]; ++i) {
+		if (!(strtok(_initial_registrations[i], _delim)) ||
+		    !(dso_name = strtok(NULL, _delim)) ||
+		    !(dev_name = strtok(NULL, _delim)) ||
+		    !(mask = strtok(NULL, _delim)) ||
+		    !(timeout = strtok(NULL, _delim))) {
+			fprintf(stderr, _failed_parsing_msg);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		errno = 0;
+		mask_value = strtoul(mask, &endp, 10);
+		if (errno || !endp || *endp) {
+			fprintf(stderr, _failed_parsing_msg);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		errno = 0;
+		timeout_value = strtoul(timeout, &endp, 10);
+		if (errno || !endp || *endp) {
+			fprintf(stderr, _failed_parsing_msg);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (daemon_talk(fifos, &msg, DM_EVENT_CMD_REGISTER_FOR_EVENT,
+				dso_name,
+				dev_name,
+				(enum dm_event_mask) mask_value,
+				timeout_value))
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to reinstate monitoring for device %s.\n", dev_name);
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static void restart(void)
 {
 	struct dm_event_fifos fifos = {
@@ -1837,9 +1890,9 @@ static void restart(void)
 	char *message;
 	int length;
 	int version;
+	const char *e;
 
 	/* Get the list of registrations from the running daemon. */
-
 	if (!init_fifos(&fifos)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: Could not initiate communication with existing dmeventd.\n");
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -1891,18 +1944,54 @@ static void restart(void)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Wait for daemon to die, detected by sending further DIE messages
-	 * until one fails.
+	 * If we're under systemd management, just send the initial
+	 * registrations to the fifo - this will instantiate new dmeventd.
+	 * If not under systemd management, continue with this process
+	 * to take over the old dmeventd.
+	 */
+	if (!(e = getenv(SD_ACTIVATION_ENV_VAR_NAME)) || strcmp(e, "1")) {
+		/*
+		 * Non-systemd environment.
+		 * Wait for daemon to die, detected by sending further DIE messages
+		 * until one fails. This is really silly, but since nobody cleans up
+		 * the pidfile after SIGKILL is received in old dmeventd, we have to
+		 * do it this way.
+		*/
+	        for (i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+			if (daemon_talk(&fifos, &msg, DM_EVENT_CMD_DIE, "-", "-", 0, 0))
+				break; /* yep, it's dead probably */
+	                usleep(10);
+		}
+		fini_fifos(&fifos);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Systemd environment.
+	 * Wait for daemon to die, detected by checking the pidfile.
+	 * We can do this - systemd cleans up the pidfile automatically
+	 * for us even if we don't do that when SIGKILL is received in old dmeventd.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
-		if (daemon_talk(&fifos, &msg, DM_EVENT_CMD_DIE, "-", "-", 0, 0))
-			break; /* yep, it's dead probably */
+		if ((access(DMEVENTD_PIDFILE, F_OK) == -1) && (errno == ENOENT))
+			break;
 		usleep(10);
 	}
 
+	/* Reopen fifos. */
 	fini_fifos(&fifos);
+	if (!init_fifos(&fifos)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Could not initiate communication with new instance of dmeventd.\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
 
-	return;
+	if (!_reinstate_registrations(&fifos)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to reinstate monitoring with new instance of dmeventd.\n");
+		goto bad;
+	}
+
+	fini_fifos(&fifos);
+	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 bad:
 	fini_fifos(&fifos);
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
diff --git a/scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.service.in b/scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.service.in
index 96c522561..379161866 100644
--- a/scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.service.in
+++ b/scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.service.in
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ Before=local-fs.target
 DefaultDependencies=no
 
 [Service]
-Type=forking
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/dmeventd
-ExecReload=@sbindir@/dmeventd -R
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/dmeventd -f
 Environment=SD_ACTIVATION=1
 PIDFile=@DMEVENTD_PIDFILE@
 OOMScoreAdjust=-1000