diff --git a/install/ironclaw-install.sh b/install/ironclaw-install.sh
index 0364e1840..f58c6e810 100644
--- a/install/ironclaw-install.sh
+++ b/install/ironclaw-install.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ update_os
 PG_VERSION="17" PG_MODULES="pgvector" setup_postgresql
 PG_DB_NAME="ironclaw" PG_DB_USER="ironclaw" PG_DB_EXTENSIONS="vector" setup_postgresql_db
 
+msg_info "Installing secret service dependencies"
+$STD apt install -y dbus-user-session gnome-keyring libsecret-tools
+msg_ok "Installed secret service dependencies"
+
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "ironclaw-bin" "nearai/ironclaw" "prebuild" "latest" "/usr/local/bin" \
   "ironclaw-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-$([[ -f /etc/alpine-release ]] && echo "musl" || echo "gnu").tar.gz"
 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ironclaw
@@ -37,6 +41,13 @@ chmod 600 /root/.ironclaw/.env
 msg_ok "Configured IronClaw"
 
 msg_info "Creating Service"
+cat <<'EOF' >/usr/local/bin/ironclaw-run.sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+exec dbus-run-session -- bash -lc 'gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=secrets >/dev/null 2>&1 && exec /usr/local/bin/ironclaw'
+EOF
+chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ironclaw-run.sh
+
 cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/ironclaw.service
 [Unit]
 Description=IronClaw AI Agent
@@ -46,7 +57,7 @@ After=network.target postgresql.service
 Type=simple
 User=root
 WorkingDirectory=/root
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ironclaw
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ironclaw-run.sh
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=5