diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.service.in b/daemon/libvirtd.service.in
index bbf27dae95..c72dde564f 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.service.in
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.service.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtualization daemon
 Requires=virtlogd.socket
+Requires=virtlockd.socket
 Before=libvirt-guests.service
 After=network.target
 After=dbus.service
diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in b/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
index 57089b0464..69b568f8e4 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtual machine lock manager
 Requires=virtlockd.socket
+Before=libvirtd.service
 Documentation=man:virtlockd(8)
 Documentation=http://libvirt.org
 
diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd.socket.in b/src/locking/virtlockd.socket.in
index 9808bbb1be..45e0f20235 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.socket.in
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.socket.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtual machine lock manager socket
+Before=libvirtd.service
 
 [Socket]
 ListenStream=@localstatedir@/run/libvirt/virtlockd-sock