diff --git a/units/systemd-journal-upload.service.in b/units/systemd-journal-upload.service.in
index fe52f696376..273511e72f7 100644
--- a/units/systemd-journal-upload.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-journal-upload.service.in
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ ProtectHostname=yes
 ProtectKernelLogs=yes
 ProtectKernelModules=yes
 ProtectKernelTunables=yes
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSteps=10
+RestartMaxDelaySec=60
 RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
 RestrictNamespaces=yes
 RestrictRealtime=yes