diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd/system/pipewire-media-session.service.in b/src/daemon/systemd/system/pipewire-media-session.service.in
index 1832f2b67..910d80b7c 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd/system/pipewire-media-session.service.in
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd/system/pipewire-media-session.service.in
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ Environment=PIPEWIRE_RUNTIME_DIR=%t/pipewire
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=pipewire.service
+Alias=pipewire-session-manager.service
diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-media-session.service.in b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-media-session.service.in
index a986e074f..4174d134f 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-media-session.service.in
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-media-session.service.in
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ Slice=session.slice
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=pipewire.service
+Alias=pipewire-session-manager.service
diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service.in b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service.in
index 56b8a64fb..73d22e532 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service.in
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service.in
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Description=PipeWire PulseAudio
 # socket-service relationship, see systemd.socket(5).
 Requires=pipewire-pulse.socket
 ConditionUser=!root
-Wants=pipewire.service
-After=pipewire.service
+Wants=pipewire.service pipewire-session-manager.service
+After=pipewire.service pipewire-session-manager.service
 Conflicts=pulseaudio.service
 
 [Service]