diff --git a/libmachine/provision/debian.go b/libmachine/provision/debian.go
index d65bca6dc5..b6070ef027 100644
--- a/libmachine/provision/debian.go
+++ b/libmachine/provision/debian.go
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ MountFlags=slave
 LimitNOFILE=1048576
 LimitNPROC=1048576
 LimitCORE=infinity
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
 `
 	t, err := template.New("engineConfig").Parse(engineConfigTmpl)
 	if err != nil {