diff --git a/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in b/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
index cc04b6df8c3c8c38839fef350fbee7e5d0e43e6e..c31f6638bc0ee3b6c214e22a278c48ce91b4f59b 100644
--- a/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
+++ b/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ExecStop=@libexecdir@/libvirt-guests.sh stop
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 StandardOutput=journal+console
+TimeoutStopSec=0
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target