diff --git a/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in b/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in
index 818d352d5..944101faf 100644
--- a/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in
+++ b/init/systemd-swanctl/strongswan-swanctl.service.in
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ Type=notify
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/charon-systemd
 ExecStartPost=@SBINDIR@/swanctl --load-all --noprompt
 ExecReload=@SBINDIR@/swanctl --reload
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target