diff --git a/units/systemd-logind.service.in b/units/systemd-logind.service.in
index 6b687171ca..31b5cd011f 100644
--- a/units/systemd-logind.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-logind.service.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-logind
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=0
 BusName=org.freedesktop.login1
-CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL CAP_CHOWN CAP_KILL CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_FOWNER CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_SYS_ADMIN CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL CAP_CHOWN CAP_KILL CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_FOWNER CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG
 
 # Increase the default a bit in order to allow many simultaneous
 # logins since we keep one fd open per session.