diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.service
index 30e941449e..c5033b2b4b 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd.service
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ User=etcd
 PermissionsStartOnly=true
 Environment=ETCD_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/etcd ETCD_NAME=default
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/etcd 
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10s
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target