diff --git a/dist/systemd/nomad.service b/dist/systemd/nomad.service
index c2377af29..aa885f785 100644
--- a/dist/systemd/nomad.service
+++ b/dist/systemd/nomad.service
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ Description=Nomad
 Documentation=https://nomadproject.io/docs/
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/nomad agent -config /etc/nomad
\ No newline at end of file
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/nomad agent -config /etc/nomad
+LimitNOFILE=65536
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target