diff --git a/contrib/varlink/io.podman.service b/contrib/varlink/io.podman.service
index 725198e790fd..5be5329f4a6e 100644
--- a/contrib/varlink/io.podman.service
+++ b/contrib/varlink/io.podman.service
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ Documentation=man:podman-varlink(1)
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman varlink unix:%t/podman/io.podman
-KillMode=none
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman varlink unix:%t/podman/io.podman --timeout=60000
+TimeoutStopSec=30
+KillMode=process
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/contrib/varlink/io.podman.socket b/contrib/varlink/io.podman.socket
index f6a3ddc49799..629a5dd20071 100644
--- a/contrib/varlink/io.podman.socket
+++ b/contrib/varlink/io.podman.socket
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ SocketMode=0600
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=sockets.target
+Also=multi-user.target