diff --git a/manifests/compute/libvirt/services.pp b/manifests/compute/libvirt/services.pp
index 624e334c3..c0ee51c19 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/libvirt/services.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/libvirt/services.pp
@@ -103,5 +103,8 @@ class nova::compute::libvirt::services (
     }
     Package<| name == 'libvirt' |> -> Service['virtlogd']
   }
+  if $libvirt_service_name and $virtlog_service_name {
+    Service['virtlogd'] -> Service['libvirt']
+  }
 
 }