diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/service/echobot.service.f b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/service/echobot.service.f
index 5117b3940..0e8bf2fff 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/service/echobot.service.f
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/service/echobot.service.f
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Chatmail echo bot for testing it works
+Requires=dovecot.service
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart={execpath} {config_path}