diff --git a/packages/audio/pulseaudio/system.d/pulseaudio.service b/packages/audio/pulseaudio/system.d/pulseaudio.service
index 70c9b1211d..96ce5351fc 100644
--- a/packages/audio/pulseaudio/system.d/pulseaudio.service
+++ b/packages/audio/pulseaudio/system.d/pulseaudio.service
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ Description=PulseAudio Sound System
 After=syslog.target local-fs.target
 
 [Service]
+Restart=on-failure
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system
-Restart=always
+TimeoutStopSec=1s
+RestartSec=2
+StartLimitInterval=60
+StartLimitBurst=10
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target