diff --git a/ldirectord/systemd/ldirectord.service.in b/ldirectord/systemd/ldirectord.service.in
index 4fe963829..4671737bd 100644
--- a/ldirectord/systemd/ldirectord.service.in
+++ b/ldirectord/systemd/ldirectord.service.in
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Monitor and administer real servers in a LVS cluster of load balanced virtual servers
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/ldirectord start
 ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/touch /var/lock/subsys/ldirectord
 ExecStop=@sbindir@/ldirectord stop
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/rm -f /var/lock/subsys/ldirectord
 ExecReload=@sbindir@/ldirectord reload
 PIDFile=/var/run/ldirectord.ldirectord.pid
 Type=forking
+KillMode=none