diff --git a/Propellor/Property/Cron.hs b/Propellor/Property/Cron.hs
index 982d6fe..30bdb51 100644
--- a/Propellor/Property/Cron.hs
+++ b/Propellor/Property/Cron.hs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ job desc times user cddir command = ("/etc/cron.d/" ++ desc) `File.hasContent`
 	, times ++ "\t" ++ user ++ "\t" ++ "cd " ++ cddir ++ " && " ++ command
 	]
 	`requires` Apt.installed ["cron"]
+	`requires` serviceRunning "cron"
 	`describe` ("cronned " ++ desc)
 
 -- | Installs a cron job, and runs it niced and ioniced.