diff --git a/sheepdog.service b/sheepdog.service
index 9cd474e..6e55331 100644
--- a/sheepdog.service
+++ b/sheepdog.service
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ Requires=corosync.service
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/sheepdog
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sheep -f --log level=${SHEEPDOG_LOGLEVEL},dst=${SHEEPDOG_LOGDEST},format=${SHEEPDOG_LOGFMT} $SHEEPDOG_EXTRA_OPTS ${SHEEPDOG_PATH}
-#Restart=on-failure
-#StartLimitInterval=10s
-#StartLimitBurst=3
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=2s
 LimitNOFILE=32768
 
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
+# Use sheepdog.timer instead.  Because corosync does not provide
+# notification via sd_notify, we introduce an arbitrary delay between
+# starting corosync.service and starting sheepdog.
+
+#[Install]
+#WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/sheepdog.spec b/sheepdog.spec
index 0852022..0633333 100644
--- a/sheepdog.spec
+++ b/sheepdog.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 Name: sheepdog
 Summary: The Sheepdog distributed storage system for KVM/QEMU
 Version: 1.0.1
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2 and GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://sheepdog.github.io/sheepdog
 Source0: https://github.com/sheepdog/sheepdog/archive/v1.0.1.tar.gz
 Source1: sheepdog.service
-Source2: sheepdog
+Source2: sheepdog.timer
+Source3: sheepdog
 
 %{?systemd_requires}
 
@@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ BuildRequires: fuse-devel
 BuildRequires: yasm
 %endif
 
-# corosync not available on ppc/ppc64/ppc64le
+# corosync not available on these architectures
 %if 0%{?rhel} >= 6
+Excludearch: aarch64
 Excludearch: ppc 
 Excludearch: ppc64
 Excludearch: ppc64le
@@ -74,21 +76,22 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/libsheepdog.a
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_unitdir}
 cp -a %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}/%{_unitdir}/
+cp -a %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}/%{_unitdir}/
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig
-cp -a %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig
+cp -a %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig
 
 %clean
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 %post
-%systemd_post sheepdog.service
+%systemd_post sheepdog.timer
 
 %preun
-%systemd_preun sheepdog.service
+%systemd_preun sheepdog.timer
 
 %postun
-%systemd_postun_with_restart sheepdog.service
+%systemd_postun_with_restart sheepdog.timer
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d/dog
 
 %{_unitdir}/sheepdog.service
+%{_unitdir}/sheepdog.timer
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/sheepdog
 
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/sheepdog
@@ -119,6 +123,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_libdir}/libsheepdog.so
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 09 2017 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 1.0.1-2
+- Introduce sheepdog.timer
+- For EPEL7, disable on aarch64
+
 * Mon Jan 09 2017 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 1.0.1-1
 - Update to 1.0.1 (Resolves: #1396430)
 - /usr/bin/collie is now /usr/bin/dog
diff --git a/sheepdog.timer b/sheepdog.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ee0cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sheepdog.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Sheepdog QEMU/KVM Block Storage
+After=network.target
+Requires=corosync.service
+
+[Timer]
+OnActiveSec=2s
+AccuracySec=100ms
+Unit=sheepdog.service
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target