Still a bug in 2017, version installed is 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u8 I was able to get it working by doing this
# nano /lib/systemd/system/bind9.service [Unit] Description=BIND Domain Name Server Documentation=man:named(8) After=network.target [Service] EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/bind9 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/named -f $OPTIONS ExecReload=/usr/sbin/rndc reload ExecStop=/usr/sbin/rndc stop [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target # systemctl daemon-reload # /etc/init.d/bind9 restart
