diff --git a/docs/manpages/libvirt-guests.rst b/docs/manpages/libvirt-guests.rst
index bea08e3bff..e52c8c1258 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/libvirt-guests.rst
+++ b/docs/manpages/libvirt-guests.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The following variables are supported:
   URIs to check for running guests. Example:
   ``URIS='default xen:///system xen+tcp://host/system lxc:///system'``
 
-- ON_BOOT=start
+- ON_BOOT=ignore
 
   Action taken on host boot
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The following variables are supported:
   Number of seconds to wait between each guest start. Set to 0 to allow parallel
   startup.
 
-- ON_SHUTDOWN=suspend
+- ON_SHUTDOWN=shutdown
 
   Action taken on host shutdown
 
diff --git a/tools/libvirt-guests.sh.in b/tools/libvirt-guests.sh.in
index 87f96af14d..9fe1c4cf74 100644
--- a/tools/libvirt-guests.sh.in
+++ b/tools/libvirt-guests.sh.in
@@ -20,30 +20,30 @@ sysconfdir="@sysconfdir@"
 localstatedir="@localstatedir@"
 libvirtd="@sbindir@"/libvirtd
 
-# Source function library.
-test ! -r "$sysconfdir"/rc.d/init.d/functions ||
-    . "$sysconfdir"/rc.d/init.d/functions
-
 # Source gettext library.
 # Make sure this file is recognized as having translations: _("dummy")
 . "@bindir@"/gettext.sh
 
+# Make sure calls to this script get redirected to systemctl when
+# using systemd
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
 export TEXTDOMAIN="@PACKAGE@" TEXTDOMAINDIR="@localedir@"
 
 URIS="default"
-ON_BOOT="start"
-ON_SHUTDOWN="suspend"
+ON_BOOT="ignore"
+ON_SHUTDOWN="shutdown"
 SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=300
 PARALLEL_SHUTDOWN=0
 START_DELAY=0
 BYPASS_CACHE=0
 SYNC_TIME=0
 
-test -f "$sysconfdir"/sysconfig/libvirt-guests &&
-    . "$sysconfdir"/sysconfig/libvirt-guests
+test -f "$sysconfdir"/default/libvirt-guests &&
+    . "$sysconfdir"/default/libvirt-guests
 
 LISTFILE="$localstatedir"/lib/libvirt/libvirt-guests
-VAR_SUBSYS_LIBVIRT_GUESTS="$localstatedir"/lock/subsys/libvirt-guests
+VAR_SUBSYS_LIBVIRT_GUESTS="$localstatedir"/lock/libvirt-guests
 
 RETVAL=0
 
@@ -562,8 +562,7 @@ gueststatus() {
 
 # rh_status
 # Display current status: whether saved state exists, and whether start
-# has been executed.  We cannot use status() from the functions library,
-# since there is no external daemon process matching this init script.
+# has been executed.
 rh_status() {
     if [ -f "$LISTFILE" ]; then
         gettext "stopped, with saved guests"; echo