diff --git a/etc/rrdcached.service.in b/etc/rrdcached.service.in
index 3b6f309..2942a13 100644
--- a/etc/rrdcached.service.in
+++ b/etc/rrdcached.service.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Data caching daemon for rrdtool
 Documentation=man:rrdcached(1)
+Requires=rrdcached.socket
 
 [Service]
 # If you enable socket-activable rrdcached.socket,
