diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-libvirt-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-libvirt-container-puppet.yaml
index 9dda329a48..ab7b17f2c2 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-libvirt-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-libvirt-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ outputs:
                 if [[ -f /usr/lib/systemd/kvm-setup ]]; then
                   /usr/lib/systemd/kvm-setup
                 fi
-                /usr/sbin/libvirtd LIBVIRTD_ARGS
+                exec systemd-run --scope --slice=system /usr/sbin/libvirtd LIBVIRTD_ARGS
               params:
                 LIBVIRTD_ARGS:
                   if: