diff --git a/docs/installationguide/debian.rst b/docs/installationguide/debian.rst
index 2b2acdc77c..1a04450cae 100644
--- a/docs/installationguide/debian.rst
+++ b/docs/installationguide/debian.rst
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ To make sure zoneminder can read the configuration file, run the following comma
     sudo systemctl reload apache2.service
     sudo systemctl restart zoneminder.service
     sudo systemctl status zoneminder.service
+    sudo systemctl enable zoneminder.service    # start zoneminder automatically at boot
 
 If the zoneminder.service show to be active and without any errors, you should be able to access zoneminder at ``http://yourhostname/zm``