diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in b/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
index 35924a2ad7..fcf479c3c6 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtual machine lock manager
 BindsTo=virtlockd.socket
-Requires=virtlockd-admin.socket
+Wants=virtlockd-admin.socket
 After=virtlockd.socket
 Before=libvirtd.service
 Documentation=man:virtlockd(8)
diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in b/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
index 79d34bc73e..3265ecd6af 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtual machine log manager
 BindsTo=virtlogd.socket
-Requires=virtlogd-admin.socket
+Wants=virtlogd-admin.socket
 After=virtlogd.socket
 Before=libvirtd.service
 Documentation=man:virtlogd(8)
diff --git a/src/virtd.service.in b/src/virtd.service.in
index e7f08b4da9..f4f1bc217d 100644
--- a/src/virtd.service.in
+++ b/src/virtd.service.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=@name@ daemon
 BindsTo=@service@.socket
-Requires=@service@-ro.socket
-Requires=@service@-admin.socket
+Wants=@service@-ro.socket
+Wants=@service@-admin.socket
 After=@service@.socket
 Conflicts=libvirtd.service
 After=libvirtd.service