diff --git a/phosphor-ipmi-kcs@.service.in b/phosphor-ipmi-kcs@.service.in
index 3dacda4..eaa0967 100644
--- a/phosphor-ipmi-kcs@.service.in
+++ b/phosphor-ipmi-kcs@.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Phosphor IPMI KCS DBus Bridge
-Requires=phosphor-ipmi-host.service
+Wants=phosphor-ipmi-host.service
 After=phosphor-ipmi-host.service
 
 [Service]