diff --git a/packaging/packages/synit-config/files/etc/syndicate/services/modem.pr b/packaging/packages/synit-config/files/etc/syndicate/services/modem.pr
index 2faeb7e..cd3028b 100644
--- a/packaging/packages/synit-config/files/etc/syndicate/services/modem.pr
+++ b/packaging/packages/synit-config/files/etc/syndicate/services/modem.pr
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 ; Pinephone:
 <require-service <qmi-wwan "/dev/cdc-wdm0">>
+
 <depends-on <qmi-wwan "/dev/cdc-wdm0"> <service-state <daemon eg25-manager> up>>
+
 <daemon eg25-manager "eg25-manager">
+<depends-on <daemon eg25-manager> <service-state <daemon eg25-manager-monitor> up>>
+<daemon eg25-manager-monitor "/usr/lib/synit/eg25-manager-monitor">
 
 ; More generally:
 
@@ -16,10 +20,26 @@
 
 ? <run-service <daemon <qmi-wwan-manager ?dev ?apn>>> [
   <daemon <qmi-wwan-manager $dev $apn> ["/usr/lib/synit/qmi-wwan-manager" $dev $apn]>
+  ; Occasionally qmi-wwan-manager complains on stderr about the link going away, but doesn't
+  ; terminate. Fortunately it doesn't seem to talk on stderr at all unless the link goes away,
+  ; so we interpret any stderr activity (!) as indication of a problem here.
   $log ?? <log _ {
     service: <daemon <qmi-wwan-manager $dev $apn>>
     stream: stderr
+    pid: ?pid
   }> [
-    $config ! <restart-service <daemon <qmi-wwan-manager $dev $apn>>>
+    ; We used to just do this:
+    ;
+    ; $config ! <restart-service <daemon <qmi-wwan-manager $dev $apn>>>
+    ;
+    ; ... but it immediately restarts the service, causing lots of pointless load and log spam.
+    ; TODO: make it so you can include an exit status in the restart request; something like
+    ; "restart immediately" vs "simulated normal termination" vs "simulated error termination",
+    ; triggering the appropriate supervisor behaviours.
+    ;
+    ; So instead we kill the qmicli program with a signal, which *does* trigger the supervisor
+    ; in the right way.
+    let ?pid = stringify $pid
+    $config ! <exec ["kill", "-INT", $pid]>
   ]
 ]
diff --git a/packaging/packages/synit-config/files/usr/lib/synit/eg25-manager-monitor b/packaging/packages/synit-config/files/usr/lib/synit/eg25-manager-monitor
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..512aede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/packages/synit-config/files/usr/lib/synit/eg25-manager-monitor
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+echo "Starting eg25-manager-monitor"
+
+device=/dev/EG25.AT
+
+while true
+do
+    sleep 60
+    if ! [ -e ${device} ]
+    then
+        echo "${device} not present. Sending SIGTERM to any eg25-manager processes"
+        killall -q -TERM eg25-manager
+    fi
+done