diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
index 4af71378c8..c67c795ed9 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Description=Docker Application Container Engine
 Documentation=http://docs.docker.com
 After=network.target
+Requires=docker.socket
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker -d -H fd://