diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index e8f9e626..cbbe0c21 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -181,10 +181,12 @@ octavia_services:
   octavia-api:
     group: octavia-api
     service_name: octavia-api
+    start_order: 4
     init_config_overrides: "{{ octavia_api_init_overrides }}"
+    execstarts: "{{ octavia_bin }}/uwsgi --ini /etc/uwsgi/octavia-api.ini"
+    execreloads: "{{ octavia_bin }}/uwsgi --reload /var/run/octavia-api/octavia-api.pid"
     wsgi_overrides: "{{ octavia_api_uwsgi_ini_overrides }}"
     wsgi_app: True
-    log_string: "--logto "
     wsgi_name: octavia-wsgi
     uwsgi_port: "{{ octavia_service_port }}"
     uwsgi_bind_address: "{{ octavia_uwsgi_bind_address }}"
@@ -192,15 +194,24 @@ octavia_services:
   octavia-worker:
     group: octavia-worker
     service_name: octavia-worker
+    start_order: 1
     init_config_overrides: "{{ octavia_worker_init_overrides }}"
+    execstarts: "{{ octavia_bin }}/octavia-worker"
+    execreloads: "/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID"
   octavia-housekeeping:
     group: octavia-housekeeping
     service_name: octavia-housekeeping
+    start_order: 3
     init_config_overrides: "{{ octavia_housekeeping_init_overrides }}"
+    execstarts: "{{ octavia_bin }}/octavia-housekeeping"
+    execreloads: "/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID"
   octavia-health-manager:
     group: octavia-health_manager
     service_name: octavia-health-manager
+    start_order: 2
     init_config_overrides: "{{ octavia_health_manager_init_overrides }}"
+    execstarts: "{{ octavia_bin }}/octavia-health-manager"
+    execreloads: "/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID"
 
 # Required secrets for the role
 octavia_required_secrets:
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 34ea2f7c..79d96ed5 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -13,28 +13,22 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-- name: Reload systemd daemon
-  systemd:
-    daemon_reload: yes
-  notify:
-    - Restart octavia services
-
 - name: Restart octavia services
   service:
-    name: "{{ item.value.service_name }}"
+    name: "{{ item.service_name }}"
     state: "restarted"
-  with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
+  with_items: "{{ filtered_octavia_services }}"
   listen:
     - "venv changed"
 
 - name: Start octavia services
   service:
-    name: "{{ item.value.service_name }}"
+    name: "{{ item.service_name }}"
     state: "started"
-  with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
+  with_items: "{{ filtered_octavia_services }}"
 
 - name: Stop octavia services
   service:
-    name: "{{ item.value.service_name }}"
+    name: "{{ item.service_name }}"
     state: "stopped"
-  with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
+  with_items: "{{ filtered_octavia_services }}"
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 9adc68d3..f1fa9cdf 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -50,9 +50,34 @@
   tags:
     - octavia-config
 
-- include_tasks: octavia_init_common.yml
+- name: Run the systemd service role
+  include_role:
+    name: systemd_service
+    private: true
+  vars:
+    systemd_after_targets: "{{ service_var.after_targets | default(['syslog.target', 'network.target']) }}"
+    systemd_user_name: "{{ octavia_system_user_name }}"
+    systemd_group_name: "{{ octavia_system_group_name }}"
+    systemd_tempd_prefix: openstack
+    systemd_slice_name: nova
+    systemd_lock_path: /var/lock/octavia
+    systemd_CPUAccounting: true
+    systemd_BlockIOAccounting: true
+    systemd_MemoryAccounting: true
+    systemd_TasksAccounting: true
+    systemd_services:
+      - service_name: "{{ service_var.service_name }}"
+        enabled: yes
+        state: started
+        execstarts: "{{ service_var.execstarts }}"
+        execreloads: "{{ service_var.execreloads | default([]) }}"
+        config_overrides: "{{ service_var.init_config_overrides }}"
+  with_items: "{{ filtered_octavia_services }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: service_var
   tags:
-    - octavia-install
+    - nova-config
+    - systemd-service
 
 - include_tasks: octavia_service_add.yml
   run_once: true
diff --git a/tasks/octavia_init_common.yml b/tasks/octavia_init_common.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 797ffe7b..00000000
--- a/tasks/octavia_init_common.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright 2017, Rackspace US, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-- include_tasks: octavia_init_systemd.yml
-  when:
-    - ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
-
-- name: Load service
-  service:
-   name: "{{ item.value.service_name }}"
-   enabled: "yes"
-  with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
-  notify:
-    - Restart octavia services
diff --git a/tasks/octavia_init_systemd.yml b/tasks/octavia_init_systemd.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e9057e0e..00000000
--- a/tasks/octavia_init_systemd.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright 2017, Rackspace US, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-- name: Create TEMP run dir
-  file:
-    path: "/var/run/{{ item.value.service_name }}"
-    state: directory
-    owner: "{{ octavia_system_user_name }}"
-    group: "{{ octavia_system_group_name }}"
-    mode: "02755"
-  with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
-
-- name: Create TEMP lock dir
-  file:
-    path: "/var/lock/{{ item.value.service_name }}"
-    state: directory
-    owner: "{{ octavia_system_user_name }}"
-    group: "{{ octavia_system_group_name }}"
-    mode: "02755"
-  with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
-
-- name: Create tmpfiles.d entry
-  template:
-    src: "octavia-systemd-tmpfiles.j2"
-    dest: "/etc/tmpfiles.d/openstack-{{ item.value.service_name }}.conf"
-    mode: "0644"
-    owner: "root"
-    group: "root"
-  with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
-
-- name: Place the systemd init script
-  config_template:
-    src: "octavia-systemd-init.j2"
-    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/{{ item.value.service_name }}.service"
-    mode: "0644"
-    owner: "root"
-    group: "root"
-    config_overrides: "{{ item.value.init_config_overrides }}"
-    config_type: "ini"
-  with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
-  notify:
-    - Reload systemd daemon
diff --git a/tasks/octavia_uwsgi.yml b/tasks/octavia_uwsgi.yml
index 0e838f65..2df5b09f 100644
--- a/tasks/octavia_uwsgi.yml
+++ b/tasks/octavia_uwsgi.yml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 - name: Apply uWSGI configuration
   config_template:
     src: "octavia-uwsgi.ini.j2"
-    dest: "/etc/uwsgi/{{ item.value.service_name }}.ini"
+    dest: "/etc/uwsgi/{{ item.service_name }}.ini"
     mode: "0744"
-    config_overrides: "{{ item.value.wsgi_overrides }}"
+    config_overrides: "{{ item.wsgi_overrides }}"
     config_type: ini
-  with_dict: "{{ octavia_services }}"
-  when: item.value.wsgi_app | default(False)
+  with_items: "{{ filtered_octavia_services }}"
+  when: item.wsgi_app | default(False)
   notify:
     - Restart octavia services
diff --git a/templates/octavia-systemd-init.j2 b/templates/octavia-systemd-init.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index ce0cdb68..00000000
--- a/templates/octavia-systemd-init.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
-
-[Unit]
-Description=octavia openstack service
-After=syslog.target
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-User={{ octavia_system_user_name }}
-Group={{ octavia_system_group_name }}
-
-{% if item.value.program_override is defined %}
-ExecStart={{ item.value.program_override }} {{ item.value.program_config_options|default('') }} {{ item.value.log_string | default('--log-file=') }}/var/log/octavia/{{ item.value.service_name }}.log
-{% else %}
-ExecStart={{ octavia_bin }}/{{ item.value.service_name }} {{ item.value.program_config_options|default('') }} --log-file=/var/log/octavia/{{ item.value.service_name }}.log
-{% endif %}
-
-# Give a reasonable amount of time for the server to start up/shut down
-TimeoutStartSec=120
-# Give extra time for shutdown to allow flows to finish (failover, etc.)
-# This timer expiring early can lead to load balancers stuck in PENDING_*
-# states as the flows were interrupted before completing.
-# This setting depends on the performance of your cloud.
-TimeoutStopSec=300
-Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=2
-
-# This creates a specific slice which all services will operate from
-#  The accounting options give us the ability to see resource usage through
-#  the `systemd-cgtop` command.
-Slice=octavia.slice
-CPUAccounting=true
-BlockIOAccounting=true
-MemoryAccounting=false
-TasksAccounting=true
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/templates/octavia-systemd-tmpfiles.j2 b/templates/octavia-systemd-tmpfiles.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c271a39..00000000
--- a/templates/octavia-systemd-tmpfiles.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
-
-D /var/lock/{{ item.value.service_name }} 2755 {{ octavia_system_user_name }} {{ octavia_system_group_name }}
-D /var/run/{{ item.value.service_name }} 2755 {{ octavia_system_user_name }} {{ octavia_system_group_name }}
diff --git a/templates/octavia-uwsgi.ini.j2 b/templates/octavia-uwsgi.ini.j2
index 75ad6868..f0203b61 100644
--- a/templates/octavia-uwsgi.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/octavia-uwsgi.ini.j2
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ uid = {{ octavia_system_user_name }}
 gid = {{ octavia_system_group_name }}
 
 virtualenv = /openstack/venvs/octavia-{{ octavia_venv_tag }}
-wsgi-file = {{ octavia_bin }}/{{ item.value.wsgi_name }}
-http-socket = {{ item.value.uwsgi_bind_address }}:{{ item.value.uwsgi_port }}
+wsgi-file = {{ octavia_bin }}/{{ item.wsgi_name }}
+http-socket = {{ item.uwsgi_bind_address }}:{{ item.uwsgi_port }}
 
 master = true
 enable-threads = true
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ add-header = Connection: close
 buffer-size = {{ octavia_wsgi_buffer_size }}
 thunder-lock = true
 logfile-chmod = 644
+pidfile = /var/run/{{ item.service_name }}/{{ item.service_name }}.pid
 
 # Avoid filling up the logs with health check requests from haproxy.
 route-user-agent = ^osa-haproxy-healthcheck$ donotlog:
diff --git a/templates/octavia.conf.j2 b/templates/octavia.conf.j2
index c032a26d..664ef972 100644
--- a/templates/octavia.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/octavia.conf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 # Print debugging output (set logging level to DEBUG instead of default WARNING level).
 debug = {{ debug }}
+log_dir = /var/log/octavia
 
 {% if not octavia_v2|bool %}
 bind_host = 0.0.0.0
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f142b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2018, VEXXHOST, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+#
+# Compile a list of the services on a host based on whether
+# the host is in the host group and the service is enabled.
+#
+filtered_octavia_services: |-
+  {% set services = [] %}
+  {% for key, value in octavia_services.items() %}
+  {%   if (value['group'] in group_names) and
+          (('condition' not in value) or
+           ('condition' in value and value['condition'])) %}
+  {%     set _ = value.update({'service_key': key}) %}
+  {%     set _ = services.append(value) %}
+  {%   endif %}
+  {% endfor %}
+  {{ services | sort(attribute='start_order') }}