diff --git a/packaging/rpm/systemd/grafana-server.service b/packaging/rpm/systemd/grafana-server.service
index 3e018e8b176..b23e5196e17 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/systemd/grafana-server.service
+++ b/packaging/rpm/systemd/grafana-server.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ After=postgresql.service mariadb.service mysql.service
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/grafana-server
 User=grafana
 Group=grafana
-Type=simple
+Type=notify
 Restart=on-failure
 WorkingDirectory=/usr/share/grafana
 RuntimeDirectory=grafana
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/grafana-server/server.go b/pkg/cmd/grafana-server/server.go
index 1d3ac092734..476eb2f433f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/grafana-server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/grafana-server/server.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/social"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tracing"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 )
 
 func NewGrafanaServer() models.GrafanaServer {
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ func (g *GrafanaServerImpl) Start() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	util.SdNotify("READY=1")
 	g.startHttpServer()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/sdnotify.go b/pkg/util/sdnotify.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5cd4a4a45d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/sdnotify.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+)
+
+var NoNotifySocket = errors.New("NOTIFY_SOCKET environment variable empty or unset.")
+
+func SdNotify(state string) error {
+	notifySocket := os.Getenv("NOTIFY_SOCKET")
+
+	if notifySocket == "" {
+		return NoNotifySocket
+	}
+
+	socketAddr := &net.UnixAddr{
+		Name: notifySocket,
+		Net:  "unixgram",
+	}
+
+	conn, err := net.DialUnix(socketAddr.Net, nil, socketAddr)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = conn.Write([]byte(state))
+
+	conn.Close()
+
+	return err
+}