diff --git a/build/after-install.sh b/build/after-install.sh
index 0299b08c5a..4dc24b15ca 100644
--- a/build/after-install.sh
+++ b/build/after-install.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+systemctl enable vikunja.service
+
 # Fix the config to contain proper values
 NEW_SECRET=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)
 sed -i "s/<jwt-secret>/$NEW_SECRET/g" /etc/vikunja/config.yml
diff --git a/nfpm.yaml b/nfpm.yaml
index ad2248a7d2..ab279fdcd9 100644
--- a/nfpm.yaml
+++ b/nfpm.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ homepage: "https://vikunja.io"
 section: "default"
 priority: "extra"
 license: "AGPLv3"
+depends:
+  - systemd
 contents:
   - src: <binlocation>
     dst: /opt/vikunja/vikunja
@@ -17,5 +19,7 @@ contents:
   - src: /opt/vikunja/vikunja
     dst: /usr/local/bin/vikunja
     type: "symlink"
+  - src: vikunja.service
+    dst: /usr/lib/systemd/system/vikunja.service
 scripts:
   postinstall: ./build/after-install.sh
diff --git a/vikunja.service b/vikunja.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9f083095c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vikunja.service
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Vikunja
+After=syslog.target
+After=network.target
+# Depending on how you configured Vikunja, you may want to uncomment these:
+#Requires=mysql.service
+#Requires=mariadb.service
+#Requires=postgresql.service
+#Requires=redis.service
+
+[Service]
+RestartSec=2s
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/vikunja
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/vikunja
+Restart=always
+# If you want to bind Vikunja to a port below 1024 uncomment
+# the two values below
+###
+#CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+#AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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