diff --git a/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/freedombox.conf b/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/freedombox.conf
index 0a49d734e..5ea1fb55e 100644
--- a/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/freedombox.conf
+++ b/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/freedombox.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 # 10 tries in the last 10 minutes before banning for 10 minutes
 maxretry = 10
+backend = systemd
diff --git a/plinth/modules/apache/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/apache-auth-freedombox.conf b/plinth/modules/apache/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/apache-auth-freedombox.conf
index 83b19ecee..9e20fb6dc 100644
--- a/plinth/modules/apache/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/apache-auth-freedombox.conf
+++ b/plinth/modules/apache/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/apache-auth-freedombox.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [apache-auth]
 enabled = true
+backend = auto