diff --git a/tasks/memcached_config.yml b/tasks/memcached_config.yml
index cebad26..ad9e0ec 100644
--- a/tasks/memcached_config.yml
+++ b/tasks/memcached_config.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@
     - memcached_connections > 1024
   notify: Restart memcached
 
+- name: Add automatic restart on failure
+  template:
+    src: systemd-restart-on-failure.conf.j2
+    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/memcached.service.d/systemd-restart-on-failure.conf"
+  when:
+    - ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
+  notify: Restart memcached
+
 - name: Apply resource limits (systemd)
   template:
     src: "limits.conf.j2"
diff --git a/templates/systemd-restart-on-failure.conf.j2 b/templates/systemd-restart-on-failure.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8acdc0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/systemd-restart-on-failure.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+[Service]
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=2