diff --git a/control b/control
index ce5f2cf..33fe11f 100644
--- a/control
+++ b/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Section: contrib/net
Priority: optional
Maintainer: JCF Ploemen (jcfp) <li...@jcf.pm>
Uploaders: Python Applications Packaging Team <python-apps-t...@lists.alioth.debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0), python (>= 2.6.6-3~), imagemagick
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0), python (>= 2.6.6-3~), imagemagick, dh-systemd (>= 1.5)
Standards-Version: 3.9.4
X-Python-Version: >= 2.5
Vcs-Svn: svn://anonscm.debian.org/python-apps/packages/sabnzbdplus/trunk/
diff --git a/rules b/rules
index 823ce3f..fbcfb17 100755
--- a/rules
+++ b/rules
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ binary-indep: install
dh_installmenu -i
dh_lintian -i
dh_python2 -i
+ dh_systemd_enable --no-enable sabnzbdplus@.service
dh_installinit -i -- defaults 98 02
+ dh_systemd_start
dh_compress -i
dh_fixperms -i
dh_installdeb -i
diff --git a/sabnzbdplus.install b/sabnzbdplus.install
index 8557c2b..5487b27 100644
--- a/sabnzbdplus.install
+++ b/sabnzbdplus.install
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ sabnzbdplus.png /usr/share/pixmaps/
# gntp (as a private module)
gntp /usr/share/sabnzbdplus/
+
+# systemd unit file
+debian/sabnzbdplus@.service /lib/systemd/system/
diff --git a/sabnzbdplus@.service b/sabnzbdplus@.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c8761e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sabnzbdplus@.service
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# To start SABNzbdplus once for USER use:
+# systemctl start sabnzbdplus@USER.service
+#
+# To start SABNzbdplus on boot for USER use:
+# systemctl enable sabnzbdplus@USER.service
+#
+# Config will be placed in ~USER/.sabnzbd/
+
+[Unit]
+Description=SABnzbd binary newsreader
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/sabnzbdplus --logging 1 --browser 0
+User=%I
+Group=%I
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
