diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 71a15e2b8..401f63293 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -4331,6 +4331,8 @@ int finishShutdown(void) {
                 serverLog(LL_WARNING, "Writing initial AOF. Exit anyway.");
             } else {
                 serverLog(LL_WARNING, "Writing initial AOF, can't exit.");
+                if (server.supervised_mode == SUPERVISED_SYSTEMD)
+                    redisCommunicateSystemd("STATUS=Writing initial AOF, can't exit.\n");
                 goto error;
             }
         }