diff --git a/lrmd/pacemaker_remote.service.in b/lrmd/pacemaker_remote.service.in
index 833e946139..8269d796e8 100644
--- a/lrmd/pacemaker_remote.service.in
+++ b/lrmd/pacemaker_remote.service.in
@@ -1,41 +1,44 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Pacemaker Remote Service
 Documentation=man:pacemaker_remoted http://clusterlabs.org/doc/en-US/Pacemaker/1.1-pcs/html/Pacemaker_Remote/index.html
 
+# See main pacemaker unit file for descriptions of why these are needed
 After=network.target
 After=time-sync.target
+After=dbus.service
+Wants=dbus.service
 After=resource-agents-deps.target
 Wants=resource-agents-deps.target
 After=syslog.service
 After=rsyslog.service
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 KillMode=process
 NotifyAccess=none
 EnvironmentFile=-@CONFIGDIR@/pacemaker
 EnvironmentFile=-@CONFIGDIR@/sbd
 
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/pacemaker_remoted
 
 # Systemd v227 and above can limit the number of processes spawned by a
 # service. That is a bad idea for an HA cluster resource manager, so disable it
 # by default. The administrator can create a local override if they really want
 # a limit. If your systemd version does not support TasksMax, and you want to
 # get rid of the resulting log warnings, comment out this option.
 TasksMax=infinity
 
 # Pacemaker Remote can exit only after all managed services have shut down;
 # an HA database could conceivably take even longer than this 
 TimeoutStopSec=30min
 TimeoutStartSec=30s
 
 # Restart options include: no, on-success, on-failure, on-abort or always
 Restart=on-failure
 
 # crm_perror() writes directly to stderr, so ignore it here
 # to avoid double-logging with the wrong format
 StandardError=null
diff --git a/mcp/pacemaker.service.in b/mcp/pacemaker.service.in
index 66182d135f..943a644b9a 100644
--- a/mcp/pacemaker.service.in
+++ b/mcp/pacemaker.service.in
@@ -1,83 +1,87 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Pacemaker High Availability Cluster Manager
 Documentation=man:pacemakerd http://clusterlabs.org/doc/en-US/Pacemaker/1.1-pcs/html/Pacemaker_Explained/index.html
 
 # DefaultDependencies takes care of sysinit.target,
 # basic.target, and shutdown.target
 
 # We need networking to bind to a network address. It is recommended not to
 # use Wants or Requires with network.target, and not to use
 # network-online.target for server daemons.
 After=network.target
 
 # Time syncs can make the clock jump backward, which messes with logging
 # and failure timestamps, so wait until it's done.
 After=time-sync.target
 
+# Managing systemd resources requires DBus.
+After=dbus.service
+Wants=dbus.service
+
 # Some OCF resources may have dependencies that aren't managed by the cluster;
 # these must be started before Pacemaker and stopped after it. The
 # resource-agents package provides this target, which lets system adminstrators
 # add drop-ins for those dependencies.
 After=resource-agents-deps.target
 Wants=resource-agents-deps.target
 
 After=syslog.service
 After=rsyslog.service
 After=corosync.service
 Requires=corosync.service
 
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 KillMode=process
 NotifyAccess=main
 EnvironmentFile=-@CONFIGDIR@/pacemaker
 EnvironmentFile=-@CONFIGDIR@/sbd
 SuccessExitStatus=100
 
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/pacemakerd -f
 
 # Systemd v227 and above can limit the number of processes spawned by a
 # service. That is a bad idea for an HA cluster resource manager, so disable it
 # by default. The administrator can create a local override if they really want
 # a limit. If your systemd version does not support TasksMax, and you want to
 # get rid of the resulting log warnings, comment out this option.
 TasksMax=infinity
 
 # If pacemakerd doesn't stop, it's probably waiting on a cluster
 # resource.  Sending -KILL will just get the node fenced
 SendSIGKILL=no
 
 # If we ever hit the StartLimitInterval/StartLimitBurst limit and the
 # admin wants to stop the cluster while pacemakerd is not running, it
 # might be a good idea to enable the ExecStopPost directive below.
 #
 # Although the node will likely end up being fenced as a result so it's
 # not on by default
 #
 # ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/killall -TERM crmd attrd stonithd cib pengine lrmd
 
 # If you want Corosync to stop whenever Pacemaker is stopped,
 # uncomment the next line too:
 #
 # ExecStopPost=/bin/sh -c 'pidof crmd || killall -TERM corosync'
 
 # Uncomment this for older versions of systemd that didn't support
 # TimeoutStopSec
 # TimeoutSec=30min
 
 # Pacemaker can only exit after all managed services have shut down
 # A HA database could conceivably take even longer than this 
 TimeoutStopSec=30min
 TimeoutStartSec=60s
 
 # Restart options include: no, on-success, on-failure, on-abort or always
 Restart=on-failure
 
 # crm_perror() writes directly to stderr, so ignore it here
 # to avoid double-logging with the wrong format
 StandardError=null