diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
index 8bfed93c75..41a6627997 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ TimeoutStartSec=0
 Delegate=yes
 # kill only the docker process, not all processes in the cgroup
 KillMode=process
+# restart the docker process if it exits prematurely
+Restart=on-failure
+StartLimitBurst=3
+StartLimitInterval=60s
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service.rpm b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service.rpm
index 6e41892399..7ff27e8a54 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service.rpm
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service.rpm
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ TimeoutStartSec=0
 Delegate=yes
 # kill only the docker process, not all processes in the cgroup
 KillMode=process
+# restart the docker process if it exits prematurely
+Restart=on-failure
+StartLimitBurst=3
+StartLimitInterval=60s
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target