diff --git a/salt/core/systemd/files/scrapyd.service b/salt/core/systemd/files/scrapyd.service
index 6e2396c1..ab69bf64 100644
--- a/salt/core/systemd/files/scrapyd.service
+++ b/salt/core/systemd/files/scrapyd.service
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Scrapyd
 After=network.target
+StartLimitIntervalSec=300
+StartLimitBurst=5
 
 [Service]
 User={{ user }}
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ Environment="no_proxy=localhost,sentry.io,open-contracting.org"
 {%- endif %}
 WorkingDirectory={{ entry.appdir }}
 ExecStart={{ entry.appdir }}/.ve/bin/scrapyd --logfile=/var/log/scrapyd/scrapyd.log
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=30
 # https://github.com/open-contracting/kingfisher-collect/issues/606#issuecomment-953896571
 LimitNOFILE=512000