diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/files/update-engine.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/files/update-engine.service
index 77e56f4091..cbd23b7efd 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/files/update-engine.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/files/update-engine.service
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Type=dbus
 BusName=org.chromium.UpdateEngine
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/update_engine -foreground -logtostderr -no_connection_manager
 BlockIOWeight=100
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=30
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target