diff --git a/units/systemd-journald.service.in b/units/systemd-journald.service.in
index 4de38fad5..441d5b1f9 100644
--- a/units/systemd-journald.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-journald.service.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ After=systemd-journald.socket systemd-journald-dev-log.socket syslog.socket
 Before=sysinit.target
 
 [Service]
+Type=notify
 Sockets=systemd-journald.socket systemd-journald-dev-log.socket
 ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-journald
 Restart=always