diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go b/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go
index 7c5fbf28..73d07fd2 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ func installSystemd(templateArgs *ServiceTemplateArgs, log *zerolog.Logger) erro
 		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl enable cloudflared-restart.path error")
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "start", "cloudflared-restart.path"); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl start cloudflared-restart.path error")
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "start", "cloudflared-update.timer"); err != nil {
 		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl start cloudflared-update.timer error")
 		return err
@@ -355,6 +359,14 @@ func uninstallSystemd(log *zerolog.Logger) error {
 		log.Err(err).Msgf("systemctl stop %s error", cloudflaredService)
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "disable", "cloudflared-restart.path"); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl disable cloudflared-restart.path error")
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "stop", "cloudflared-restart.path"); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl stop cloudflared-restart.path error")
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := runCommand("systemctl", "stop", "cloudflared-update.timer"); err != nil {
 		log.Err(err).Msg("systemctl stop cloudflared-update.timer error")
 		return err