diff --git a/tasks/galera_post_install.yml b/tasks/galera_post_install.yml
index 582adb39..5bafec0c 100644
--- a/tasks/galera_post_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/galera_post_install.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
   with_items:
     - { src: "systemd.limits.conf.j2", dest: "limits.conf" }
     - { src: "systemd.timeout.conf.j2", dest: "timeout.conf" }
+    - { src: "systemd.restart.conf.j2", dest: "restart.conf" }
   when:
     - ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
   notify:
diff --git a/templates/systemd.restart.conf.j2 b/templates/systemd.restart.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ae392b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/systemd.restart.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+[Service]
+# Define the condition under which the service will be restarted
+# on-abort is the most conservative one since that should capture unexpected
+# failures but also exclude failures due to bad configurations. This is
+# currently the upstream option as well
+Restart=on-abort
+RestartSec=5s