diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index fc064c5e..3921c098 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -2762,6 +2762,7 @@ sub config_to_command {
     push @$cmd, '--scope';
     push @$cmd, '--slice', "qemu";
     push @$cmd, '--unit', $vmid;
+    push @$cmd, '--description', "'Proxmox VE VM $vmid'";
     # set KillMode=none, so that systemd don't kill those scopes
     # at shutdown (pve-manager service should stop the VMs instead)
     push @$cmd, '-p', "KillMode=none";
diff --git a/changelog.Debian b/changelog.Debian
index 35d107fa..bb4f8f88 100644
--- a/changelog.Debian
+++ b/changelog.Debian
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ qemu-server (4.0-75) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * fix #975, use new keyAlias feature.
 
+  * add --description to systemd scope unit
+
  -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Wed, 11 May 2016 11:15:56 +0200
 
 qemu-server (4.0-74) unstable; urgency=medium