diff --git a/extras/systemd/fwknopd.service b/extras/systemd/fwknopd.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2e8c312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extras/systemd/fwknopd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Firewall Knock Operator Daemon
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/run/fwknop/fwknopd.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/fwknopd
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/extras/systemd/fwknopd.tmpfiles.conf b/extras/systemd/fwknopd.tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7cb3856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extras/systemd/fwknopd.tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /run/fwknop 0700 root root -