diff --git a/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2 b/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
index cd154fa..1980263 100644
--- a/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
+++ b/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ## {{ salt['pillar.get']('salt_managed', default='Salt Managed') }}
 [Unit]
 Description=The Salt Minion daemon
+StartLimitIntervalSec=0
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ NotifyAccess=all
 LimitNOFILE=8192
 ExecStart=salt-minion
 TimeoutStopSec=5s
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=30
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target