diff --git a/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2 b/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
index 3c3911b..209aa0e 100644
--- a/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
+++ b/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 ## {{ salt['pillar.get']('salt_managed', default='Salt Managed') }}
 [Unit]
 Description=The Salt Minion daemon
-StartLimitIntervalSec=0
+StartLimitIntervalSec=500
+StartLimitBurst=5
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
 KillMode=control-group
 Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=1
+RestartSec=10s
 StartLimitInterval=0
 NotifyAccess=all
 LimitNOFILE=8192