diff --git a/debian/systemd/koha-common.service b/debian/systemd/koha-common.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f49282b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/systemd/koha-common.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Koha ILS - All instances (compat)
+Documentation=man:koha-common(8)
+BindsTo=koha.target
+After=koha.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/bin/systemctl start koha.target
+ExecStop=/bin/systemctl stop koha.target
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/systemd/koha@.target b/debian/systemd/koha@.target
index 4fc988e0d6..3348d5818a 100644
--- a/debian/systemd/koha@.target
+++ b/debian/systemd/koha@.target
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Koha ILS instance %i
 After=network.target memcached.service mysql.service
+PartOf=koha.target
 StopWhenUnneeded=yes
 
 [Install]