diff --git a/psi/unitgen.py b/psi/unitgen.py
index 61bce02..896ca45 100644
--- a/psi/unitgen.py
+++ b/psi/unitgen.py
@@ -354,6 +354,13 @@ def generate_container_serve_quadlet(image: str, settings: PsiSettings) -> str:
         f"Image={image}",
         "Exec=serve",
         "Network=host",
+        "SecurityLabelType=container_runtime_t",
+        "Notify=healthy",
+        f"HealthCmd=curl -sf --unix-socket {sock} http://localhost/healthz",
+        "HealthInterval=30s",
+        "HealthRetries=10",
+        "HealthStartPeriod=60s",
+        "HealthTimeout=5s",
         f"Volume={config_dir}:{config_dir}:ro",
         f"Volume={state}:{state}:Z",
         f"Volume={runtime_dir}:{runtime_dir}:Z",
diff --git a/tests/test_unitgen.py b/tests/test_unitgen.py
index 6f3587f..e1df13f 100644
--- a/tests/test_unitgen.py
+++ b/tests/test_unitgen.py
@@ -419,3 +419,24 @@ def test_tls_renew_quadlet_has_container_name(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         settings = _mock_settings(tmp_path)
         content = generate_container_tls_renew_quadlet("psi:latest", settings)
         assert "ContainerName=psi-tls-renew" in content
+
+    def test_serve_quadlet_has_security_label_type(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """Without SecurityLabelType=container_runtime_t the container cannot
+        read /etc/psi/config.yaml from the host without a :Z relabel, which we
+        do not want on shared config directories.
+        """
+        settings = _mock_settings(tmp_path)
+        content = generate_container_serve_quadlet("psi:latest", settings)
+        assert "SecurityLabelType=container_runtime_t" in content
+
+    def test_serve_quadlet_has_notify_healthy(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """Quadlet emits Type=notify by default and expects an sd_notify ready
+        signal. Notify=healthy makes podman send it once the healthcheck first
+        passes. Without this the unit hangs in 'activating' until TimeoutStartSec.
+        """
+        settings = _mock_settings(tmp_path)
+        content = generate_container_serve_quadlet("psi:latest", settings)
+        assert "Notify=healthy" in content
+        assert "HealthCmd=curl -sf --unix-socket " in content
+        assert "http://localhost/healthz" in content
+        assert "HealthStartPeriod=60s" in content