diff --git a/clusterd/Makefile b/clusterd/Makefile
index 0817b7ba..e130d3ae 100644
--- a/clusterd/Makefile
+++ b/clusterd/Makefile
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ DESTDIR=
 
 all:
 
-install: clusterd
+install: clusterd clusterd.service
 	install -d ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
 	install -m 755 clusterd ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}/clusterd
+	install -m 644 clusterd.service ${DESTDIR}/etc/systemd/system/clusterd.service
 
 restart: install
 	systemctl restart clusterd.service
diff --git a/clusterd/clusterd.service b/clusterd/clusterd.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79f0beb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusterd/clusterd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=ClusterDonald
+Requires=network.target
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/clusterd --daemon --foreground --kill --syslog
+StandardOutput=syslog
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10s
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+