diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d3625bba3..0dcc4b6b6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ systemd (227-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Martin Pitt ]
   * debian/rules: Configure with --as-needed to avoid unnecessary binary
     dependencies.
+  * systemd-networkd-resolvconf-update.service: Increase StartLimitBurst, as
+    this might be legitimately called several times in quick succession. If
+    that part of the "networkd" autopkgtest fails, show the journal log for
+    that service for easier debugging.
 
   [ Felipe Sateler ]
   * Enable elfutils support for getting stack traces for systemd-coredump.
diff --git a/debian/extra/units/systemd-networkd-resolvconf-update.service b/debian/extra/units/systemd-networkd-resolvconf-update.service
index 2fdbb969d..407fbb2ba 100644
--- a/debian/extra/units/systemd-networkd-resolvconf-update.service
+++ b/debian/extra/units/systemd-networkd-resolvconf-update.service
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ After=resolvconf.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+DefaultStartLimitBurst=20
 # we need to wait for "online" here, as we might be triggered several times in short succession during restarting networkd
 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'if /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online --timeout=30; then sed -n "/^DNS=/ { s/^DNS=/nameserver /; p}" /run/systemd/netif/state | /sbin/resolvconf -a networkd; fi'
 
diff --git a/debian/tests/networkd b/debian/tests/networkd
index 1c33f328e..0e3767094 100755
--- a/debian/tests/networkd
+++ b/debian/tests/networkd
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ DHCP=yes''' % self.iface)
                         break
                 time.sleep(0.1)
             else:
+                subprocess.call(['journalctl', '-b', '-u', 'systemd-networkd-resolvconf-update.service'])
                 self.fail('nameserver 192.168.5.1 not found in /etc/resolv.conf')
 
         if not coldplug: