5 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5e14340a8..aaf8fa1e7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Depends: python3,
   python3-xmltodict,
   python3-pyudev,
   python3-voluptuous,
+  python3-systemd,
   bsdmainutils,
   cron,
   etherwake,
diff --git a/src/services/vyos-hostsd b/src/services/vyos-hostsd
index 0079f7e5c..53ac5a770 100755
--- a/src/services/vyos-hostsd
+++ b/src/services/vyos-hostsd
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     socket.bind(SOCKET_PATH)
     os.umask(o_mask)
 
+    systemd.daemon.notify('READY=1')
     while True:
         #  Wait for next request from client
         msg_json = socket.recv().decode()
diff --git a/src/services/vyos-http-api-server b/src/services/vyos-http-api-server
index b256add98..38bf2f8ce 100755
--- a/src/services/vyos-http-api-server
+++ b/src/services/vyos-http-api-server
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import vyos.config
 
 from flask import Flask, request
 from waitress import serve
+import systemd.daemon
 
 from functools import wraps
 
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sig_handler)
 
+    systemd.daemon.notify('READY=1')
     try:
         serve(app, host=server_config["listen_address"],
                    port=server_config["port"])
diff --git a/src/systemd/vyos-hostsd.service b/src/systemd/vyos-hostsd.service
index b77335778..418601d1a 100644
--- a/src/systemd/vyos-hostsd.service
+++ b/src/systemd/vyos-hostsd.service
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ WorkingDirectory=/run/vyos-hostsd
 RuntimeDirectory=vyos-hostsd
 RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=yes
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 -u /usr/libexec/vyos/services/vyos-hostsd
-Type=idle
+Type=notify
 KillMode=process
 
 SyslogIdentifier=vyos-hostsd
diff --git a/src/systemd/vyos-http-api.service b/src/systemd/vyos-http-api.service
index 4fa68b4ff..636973be7 100644
--- a/src/systemd/vyos-http-api.service
+++ b/src/systemd/vyos-http-api.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Requires=vyos-router.service
 [Service]
 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/vyos/init/vyos-config
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 -u /usr/libexec/vyos/services/vyos-http-api-server
-Type=idle
+Type=notify
 KillMode=process
 
 SyslogIdentifier=vyos-http-api