diff --git a/pkg/ignition/service_config.go b/pkg/ignition/service_config.go
index 98532c05..d26e6733 100644
--- a/pkg/ignition/service_config.go
+++ b/pkg/ignition/service_config.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Environment="HTTP_PROXY=%s"
 Environment="HTTPS_PROXY=%s"
 Environment="NO_PROXY=%s"
 TimeoutStartSec=0
+Restart=on-failure
 ExecStartPre=/bin/podman pull %s %s
 ExecStart=/bin/podman run --privileged --network host --mount type=bind,src=/etc/ironic-python-agent.conf,dst=/etc/ironic-python-agent/ignition.conf --mount type=bind,src=/dev,dst=/dev --mount type=bind,src=/sys,dst=/sys --mount type=bind,src=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket,dst=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket --mount type=bind,src=/,dst=/mnt/coreos --env "IPA_COREOS_IP_OPTIONS=%s" --name ironic-agent %s
 [Install]
diff --git a/pkg/ignition/service_config_test.go b/pkg/ignition/service_config_test.go
index 4a0bfd26..73f3d699 100644
--- a/pkg/ignition/service_config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ignition/service_config_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func TestIronicAgentService(t *testing.T) {
 			want: ignition_config_types_32.Unit{
 				Name:     "ironic-agent.service",
 				Enabled:  pointer.BoolPtr(true),
-				Contents: pointer.StringPtr("[Unit]\nDescription=Ironic Agent\nAfter=network-online.target\nWants=network-online.target\n[Service]\nEnvironment=\"HTTP_PROXY=\"\nEnvironment=\"HTTPS_PROXY=\"\nEnvironment=\"NO_PROXY=\"\nTimeoutStartSec=0\nExecStartPre=/bin/podman pull http://example.com/foo:latest --tls-verify=false --authfile=/etc/authfile.json\nExecStart=/bin/podman run --privileged --network host --mount type=bind,src=/etc/ironic-python-agent.conf,dst=/etc/ironic-python-agent/ignition.conf --mount type=bind,src=/dev,dst=/dev --mount type=bind,src=/sys,dst=/sys --mount type=bind,src=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket,dst=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket --mount type=bind,src=/,dst=/mnt/coreos --env \"IPA_COREOS_IP_OPTIONS=ip=dhcp6\" --name ironic-agent http://example.com/foo:latest\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"),
+				Contents: pointer.StringPtr("[Unit]\nDescription=Ironic Agent\nAfter=network-online.target\nWants=network-online.target\n[Service]\nEnvironment=\"HTTP_PROXY=\"\nEnvironment=\"HTTPS_PROXY=\"\nEnvironment=\"NO_PROXY=\"\nTimeoutStartSec=0\nRestart=on-failure\nExecStartPre=/bin/podman pull http://example.com/foo:latest --tls-verify=false --authfile=/etc/authfile.json\nExecStart=/bin/podman run --privileged --network host --mount type=bind,src=/etc/ironic-python-agent.conf,dst=/etc/ironic-python-agent/ignition.conf --mount type=bind,src=/dev,dst=/dev --mount type=bind,src=/sys,dst=/sys --mount type=bind,src=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket,dst=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket --mount type=bind,src=/,dst=/mnt/coreos --env \"IPA_COREOS_IP_OPTIONS=ip=dhcp6\" --name ironic-agent http://example.com/foo:latest\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"),
 			},
 		}}
 	for _, tt := range tests {