diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/mysql.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/mysql.nix
index 6af32700fc77..8d520b82fb55 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/mysql.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/mysql.nix
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ in
           Type = if hasNotify then "notify" else "simple";
           RuntimeDirectory = "mysqld";
           RuntimeDirectoryMode = "0755";
+          Restart = "on-abort";
+          RestartSec = "5s";
           # The last two environment variables are used for starting Galera clusters
           ExecStart = "${mysql}/bin/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf ${mysqldOptions} $_WSREP_NEW_CLUSTER $_WSREP_START_POSITION";
           ExecStartPost =