diff --git a/debian/openvswitch-ipsec.service b/debian/openvswitch-ipsec.service
index dfb1e50d937..51b9b315a0a 100644
--- a/debian/openvswitch-ipsec.service
+++ b/debian/openvswitch-ipsec.service
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ After=openvswitch-switch.service
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/run/openvswitch/ovs-monitor-ipsec.pid
+Restart=on-failure
 ExecStart=/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl --no-monitor \
                     --ike-daemon=strongswan start-ovs-ipsec
 ExecStop=/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl stop-ovs-ipsec
diff --git a/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_openvswitch-ipsec.service b/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_openvswitch-ipsec.service
index 88a50966240..a4bf475d0c9 100644
--- a/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_openvswitch-ipsec.service
+++ b/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_openvswitch-ipsec.service
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ After=openvswitch.service
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/run/openvswitch/ovs-monitor-ipsec.pid
+Restart=on-failure
 ExecStart=/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl --no-monitor \
                     --ike-daemon=libreswan start-ovs-ipsec
 ExecStop=/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl stop-ovs-ipsec