diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-sys/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-sys/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service
index d3d954d..3a68b68 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-sys/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-sys/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Description=Phosphor OpenBMC system management daemon
 
 [Service]
+Restart=always
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/obmc-phosphor-sysd
 
 [Install]