diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd-admin.socket.in b/src/locking/virtlockd-admin.socket.in
index f674c492f7..cd7072238c 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd-admin.socket.in
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd-admin.socket.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtual machine lock manager admin socket
 Before=libvirtd.service
+BindsTo=virtlockd.socket
+After=virtlockd.socket
 
 [Socket]
 ListenStream=@localstatedir@/run/libvirt/virtlockd-admin-sock
diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd-admin.socket.in b/src/logging/virtlogd-admin.socket.in
index 5c41dfeb7b..672bd7470d 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd-admin.socket.in
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd-admin.socket.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtual machine log manager socket
 Before=libvirtd.service
+BindsTo=virtlogd.socket
+After=virtlogd.socket
 
 [Socket]
 ListenStream=@localstatedir@/run/libvirt/virtlogd-admin-sock