examples/public-inbox-httpd@.service | 1 +
 examples/public-inbox-nntpd@.service | 1 +
 examples/unsubscribe-psgi@.service   | 1 +

diff --git a/examples/public-inbox-httpd@.service b/examples/public-inbox-httpd@.service
index 3bb707263fbd4cfabd7be95252646e89d3e880b0..6222de59153a91eed14507239da4e0342229228b 100644
--- a/examples/public-inbox-httpd@.service
+++ b/examples/public-inbox-httpd@.service
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ User = nobody
 Group = nogroup
 ExecReload = /bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 TimeoutStopSec = 3600
+KillMode = process
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy = multi-user.target
diff --git a/examples/public-inbox-nntpd@.service b/examples/public-inbox-nntpd@.service
index 078e920a8de925326665d7e925262572930eec62..3e203e0bfbce0e3a7c7bbe5db9bd865a225e5264 100644
--- a/examples/public-inbox-nntpd@.service
+++ b/examples/public-inbox-nntpd@.service
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ User = nobody
 Group = nogroup
 ExecReload = /bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 TimeoutStopSec = 3600
+KillMode = process
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy = multi-user.target
diff --git a/examples/unsubscribe-psgi@.service b/examples/unsubscribe-psgi@.service
index 2dc4270f0f5a8b7225f322bbb9ae21da69ec49d6..acc29e8e64c648a448ac4433fd587a17da561f78 100644
--- a/examples/unsubscribe-psgi@.service
+++ b/examples/unsubscribe-psgi@.service
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ExecStart = /usr/local/bin/public-inbox-httpd -W0 /etc/unsubscribe.psgi
 Sockets = unsubscribe-psgi.socket
 # we need to modify the mlmmj spool
 User = mlmmj
+KillMode = process
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy = multi-user.target