diff --git a/pkg/provision/buildroot.go b/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
index e0d80c0ba94d..be0546daff0c 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/buildroot.go
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ Requires= minikube-automount.service docker.socket
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
+Restart=on-failure
+StartLimitBurst=3
+StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 `
 	if noPivot {
 		klog.Warning("Using fundamentally insecure --no-pivot option")
diff --git a/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go b/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
index 64b4b29a54a6..e4db0d6c8bdb 100644
--- a/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
+++ b/pkg/provision/ubuntu.go
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ Requires=docker.socket
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
+Restart=on-failure
+StartLimitBurst=3
+StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 `
 	if noPivot {
 		klog.Warning("Using fundamentally insecure --no-pivot option")