diff --git a/dbus/org.nemo.ssu.service b/dbus/org.nemo.ssu.service
index 6207810..1ff91f1 100644
--- a/dbus/org.nemo.ssu.service
+++ b/dbus/org.nemo.ssu.service
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 [D-BUS Service]
 Interface=org.nemo.ssu
 Name=org.nemo.ssu
-Exec=/usr/bin/ssud
-User=root
\ No newline at end of file
+Exec=/bin/false
+User=root
+SystemdService=dbus-org.nemo.ssu.service
+
diff --git a/rpm/ssu.spec b/rpm/ssu.spec
index f7e1e67..f7180f4 100644
--- a/rpm/ssu.spec
+++ b/rpm/ssu.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Requires: ssu-network-proxy
 # them for the vendor data packages to use
 %attr(0755, -, -) %{_oneshotdir}/*
 %{_bindir}/ssud
+/lib/systemd/system/*.service
 %{_datadir}/dbus-1/system-services/*.service
 %{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d/*.conf
 
diff --git a/ssud/ssud.pro b/ssud/ssud.pro
index 74d7b5a..b33b9af 100644
--- a/ssud/ssud.pro
+++ b/ssud/ssud.pro
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ SOURCES = ssuadaptor.cpp \
 
 DBUS_SERVICE_NAME=org.nemo.ssu
 
+systemd.files = ../systemd/dbus-$${DBUS_SERVICE_NAME}.service
+systemd.path = /lib/systemd/system/
+
 service.files = ../dbus/$${DBUS_SERVICE_NAME}.service
 service.path = /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/
 
 conf.files = ../dbus/$${DBUS_SERVICE_NAME}.conf
 conf.path = /etc/dbus-1/system.d/
 
-INSTALLS += service conf
+INSTALLS += systemd service conf
diff --git a/systemd/dbus-org.nemo.ssu.service b/systemd/dbus-org.nemo.ssu.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..649a1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/dbus-org.nemo.ssu.service
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=SSU service
+
+[Service]
+Type=dbus
+BusName=org.nemo.ssu
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssud
+