diff --git a/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in b/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
index b4f54f2be7..02e67471db 100644
--- a/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
+++ b/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Suspend/Resume Running libvirt Guests
-Requires=libvirtd.service
+Wants=libvirtd.service
 After=network.target
 After=time-sync.target
 After=libvirtd.service