diff --git a/mxservicectl b/mxservicectl
index 5541f25..49dacd9 100755
--- a/mxservicectl
+++ b/mxservicectl
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@ function mxsrv_start_one() {
 
    . ${cfg}
 
-   su - ${MX_SRV_USER} -c "${MX_SRV_SCRIPT} start" &
+   case "${MX_SRV_SCRIPT}" in
+       *.service)
+           systemctl start "${MX_SRV_SCRIPT}"
+           ;;
+       *)
+           su - ${MX_SRV_USER} -c "${MX_SRV_SCRIPT} start" &
+           ;;
+   esac
 
    mv ${cfg}{,.r}
 
@@ -34,7 +41,14 @@ function mxsrv_stop_one() {
 
    . ${cfg}
 
-   su - ${MX_SRV_USER} -c "${MX_SRV_SCRIPT} stop" &
+   case "${MX_SRV_SCRIPT}" in
+       *.service)
+           systemctl stop "${MX_SRV_SCRIPT}"
+           ;;
+       *)
+           su - ${MX_SRV_USER} -c "${MX_SRV_SCRIPT} stop" &
+           ;;
+   esac
 
    rm ${cfg}