diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 91da8fea..0a09668b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@
 achievable with: `cloudflared tunnel token --cred-file /path/to/file.json TUNNEL`. This new feature only works for
 Tunnels created with cloudflared version 2022.3.0 or more recent.
 
+### Bug Fixes
+- `cloudflared service install` now starts the underlying agent service on Linux operating system (similarly to the
+behaviour in Windows and MacOS).
+
 ## 2022.3.3
 ### Bug Fixes
 - `cloudflared service install` now starts the underlying agent service on Windows operating system (similarly to the
-behaviour in Linux and MacOS).
+behaviour in MacOS).
 
 ## 2022.3.1
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go b/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go
index 4f0b53eb..cc379cdb 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ const (
 	serviceConfigFile     = "config.yml"
 	serviceCredentialFile = "cert.pem"
 	serviceConfigPath     = serviceConfigDir + "/" + serviceConfigFile
+	cloudflaredService    = "cloudflared.service"
 )
 
 var systemdTemplates = []ServiceTemplate{
 	{
-		Path: "/etc/systemd/system/cloudflared.service",
+		Path: fmt.Sprintf("/etc/systemd/system/%s", cloudflaredService),
 		Content: `[Unit]
 Description=cloudflared
 After=network.target
@@ -268,16 +269,19 @@ func installSystemd(templateArgs *ServiceTemplateArgs, log *zerolog.Logger) erro
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "enable", "cloudflared.service"); err != nil {
-		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl enable cloudflared.service error")
+	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "enable", cloudflaredService); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Msgf("systemctl enable %s error", cloudflaredService)
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "start", "cloudflared-update.timer"); err != nil {
 		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl start cloudflared-update.timer error")
 		return err
 	}
-	log.Info().Msg("running systemctl daemon-reload")
-	return runCommand("systemctl", "daemon-reload")
+	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "daemon-reload"); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl daemon-reload error")
+		return err
+	}
+	return runCommand("systemctl", "start", cloudflaredService)
 }
 
 func installSysv(templateArgs *ServiceTemplateArgs, log *zerolog.Logger) error {
@@ -300,7 +304,7 @@ func installSysv(templateArgs *ServiceTemplateArgs, log *zerolog.Logger) error {
 			continue
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
+	return runCommand("service", "cloudflared", "start")
 }
 
 func uninstallLinuxService(c *cli.Context) error {
@@ -323,8 +327,12 @@ func uninstallLinuxService(c *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func uninstallSystemd(log *zerolog.Logger) error {
-	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "disable", "cloudflared.service"); err != nil {
-		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl disable cloudflared.service error")
+	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "disable", cloudflaredService); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Msgf("systemctl disable %s error", cloudflaredService)
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "stop", cloudflaredService); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Msgf("systemctl stop %s error", cloudflaredService)
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "stop", "cloudflared-update.timer"); err != nil {
@@ -337,10 +345,18 @@ func uninstallSystemd(log *zerolog.Logger) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "daemon-reload"); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl daemon-reload error")
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func uninstallSysv(log *zerolog.Logger) error {
+	if err := runCommand("service", "cloudflared", "stop"); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Msg("service cloudflared stop error")
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := sysvTemplate.Remove(); err != nil {
 		log.Err(err).Msg("error removing service template")
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/service_template.go b/cmd/cloudflared/service_template.go
index ad7901d1..3040766f 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/service_template.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/service_template.go
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ func runCommand(command string, args ...string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error starting %s: %v", command, err)
 	}
 
-	_, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(stderr)
+	output, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(stderr)
 	err = cmd.Wait()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s returned with error: %v", command, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s %v returned with error code %v due to: %v", command, args, err, string(output))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/component-tests/test_service.py b/component-tests/test_service.py
index 2e02db6b..f8ace641 100644
--- a/component-tests/test_service.py
+++ b/component-tests/test_service.py
@@ -141,12 +141,10 @@ class TestServiceMode:
 
     def sysv_service_scenario(self, config, tmp_path, extra_assertions=None, use_token=False):
         with self.run_service(tmp_path, config, root=True, use_token=use_token):
-            self.sysv_cmd("start")
             self.sysv_cmd("status")
             wait_tunnel_ready(tunnel_url=config.get_url())
             if extra_assertions is not None:
                 extra_assertions()
-            self.sysv_cmd("stop")
 
         # Service install copies config file to /etc/cloudflared/config.yml
         subprocess.run(["sudo", "rm", "/etc/cloudflared/config.yml"])