diff --git a/net-misc/openbgpd/files/openbgpd.service b/net-misc/openbgpd/files/openbgpd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3962bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/openbgpd/files/openbgpd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=OpenBGPD Routing Daemon
+Documentation=man:bgpd.conf(5) man:bgpctl(8) man:bgpd(8)
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/bgpd -f /etc/bgpd.conf
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
diff --git a/net-misc/openbgpd/openbgpd-6.6_p0.ebuild b/net-misc/openbgpd/openbgpd-6.6_p0.ebuild
index 797a152..6f9d476 100644
--- a/net-misc/openbgpd/openbgpd-6.6_p0.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/openbgpd/openbgpd-6.6_p0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit systemd
 
 MY_PV="${PV/_p/p}"
 #MY_PN="openbgpd-portable"
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ src_install() {
 
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-init.d" bgpd
 	newconfd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-conf.d" bgpd
+	systemd_newunit "${FILESDIR}/${PN}.service" bgpd.service
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
diff --git a/net-misc/openbgpd/openbgpd-9999.ebuild b/net-misc/openbgpd/openbgpd-9999.ebuild
index b088603..74d73a7 100644
--- a/net-misc/openbgpd/openbgpd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/openbgpd/openbgpd-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-inherit autotools git-r3
+inherit autotools git-r3 systemd
 
 MY_PV="master"
 MY_PN="openbgpd-portable"
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ src_install() {
 
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-init.d" bgpd
 	newconfd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-conf.d" bgpd
+	systemd_newunit "${FILESDIR}/${PN}.service" bgpd.service
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {