diff --git a/site-modules/profile/templates/sanoid/syncoid.service.erb b/site-modules/profile/templates/sanoid/syncoid.service.erb
index e23d6528..9c779a05 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/templates/sanoid/syncoid.service.erb
+++ b/site-modules/profile/templates/sanoid/syncoid.service.erb
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 # Managed by puppet class profile::sanoid::syncoid_destination
 # Changes will be overwritten
 
 [Unit]
 Description=ZFS dataset synchronization of <% @source %>
+StartLimitIntervalSec=<%= @delay %>
+StartLimitBurst=2
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 User=root
 Group=root
 ExecStart=syncoid --sshkey <%= @ssh_key_filename %> root@<%= @source %> <%= @destination %>
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=1s
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target