diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dcbf023..2abda0e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ message(STATUS "Project description: ${PROJECT_DESCRIPTION}")
 # Settings
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set(INSTALL_AS_ROOT         ON  CACHE BOOL "Install as root")
+set(USE_SYSTEMD             ON  CACHE BOOL "Use systemd")
 set(WITH_POSTGRESQL         OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with PostgreSQL")
 set(WITH_SSL                ON  CACHE BOOL "Build with SSL")
 set(WITH_SQLITE3            OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with Sqlite3")
@@ -303,6 +304,11 @@ install(FILES conf/bitcoin.conf DESTINATION ${INSTALL_PATH}/conf)
 install(FILES conf/default.conf DESTINATION ${INSTALL_PATH} RENAME ${PROJECT_NAME}.conf)
 
 if (INSTALL_AS_ROOT)
-    install(FILES auto/daemon DESTINATION /etc/init.d RENAME ${PROJECT_NAME} PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
-    install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND update-rc.d ${PROJECT_NAME} defaults)")
+    if (USE_SYSTEMD)
+        install(FILES auto/unit.service DESTINATION /etc/systemd/system RENAME ${PROJECT_NAME}.service PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
+        install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND systemctl enable ${PROJECT_NAME}.service)")
+    else()
+        install(FILES auto/daemon DESTINATION /etc/init.d RENAME ${PROJECT_NAME} PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+        install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND update-rc.d ${PROJECT_NAME} defaults)")
+    endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/auto/unit.service b/auto/unit.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72285d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auto/unit.service
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Deal Module
+After=network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/run/dm.pid
+# dm will fail to start if /run/dm.pid already exists but has the wrong
+# SELinux context. This might happen when running `dm -t` from the cmdline.
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268621
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -f /run/dm.pid
+ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/dm -t
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dm
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
+KillSignal=SIGQUIT
+TimeoutStopSec=5
+KillMode=mixed
+PrivateTmp=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target