diff --git a/src/cert-enroll/cert-install-sssd b/src/cert-enroll/cert-install-sssd
index c3e87c3c8..260e1440f 100644
--- a/src/cert-enroll/cert-install-sssd
+++ b/src/cert-enroll/cert-install-sssd
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ rm -f $LDAP_TLS_CACERTDIR/*.0
 /usr/bin/openssl rehash $LDAP_TLS_CACERTDIR
 
 ##############################################################################
-# Restart the SSSD systemd service
+# Restart the SSSD daemon
 #
-/usr/bin/systemctl restart sssd.service
+if [ -f /usr/bin/systemctl ]
+then
+  /usr/bin/systemctl restart sssd.service
+else
+  /etc/init.d/sssd restart
+fi
 exit 0