diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in b/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
index 9e91fa3261..35924a2ad7 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtual machine lock manager
-Requires=virtlockd.socket
+BindsTo=virtlockd.socket
 Requires=virtlockd-admin.socket
+After=virtlockd.socket
 Before=libvirtd.service
 Documentation=man:virtlockd(8)
 Documentation=https://libvirt.org
diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in b/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
index 97c942ffb0..79d34bc73e 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtual machine log manager
-Requires=virtlogd.socket
+BindsTo=virtlogd.socket
 Requires=virtlogd-admin.socket
+After=virtlogd.socket
 Before=libvirtd.service
 Documentation=man:virtlogd(8)
 Documentation=https://libvirt.org
diff --git a/src/virtd.service.in b/src/virtd.service.in
index 60ab122cbc..e7f08b4da9 100644
--- a/src/virtd.service.in
+++ b/src/virtd.service.in
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=@name@ daemon
-Requires=@service@.socket
+BindsTo=@service@.socket
 Requires=@service@-ro.socket
 Requires=@service@-admin.socket
+After=@service@.socket
 Conflicts=libvirtd.service
 After=libvirtd.service
 After=network.target