diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3d2836d..1c1d4af 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ RUN mkdir -p pkg/usr/bin
 RUN curl -L ${download_url}/${etcd_version}/etcd-${etcd_version}-${TARGETOS}-${arch}.tar.gz -o tmp/etcd-${etcd_version}-${TARGETOS}-${arch}.tar.gz
 RUN tar xzvf tmp/etcd-${etcd_version}-${TARGETOS}-${arch}.tar.gz -C tmp/etcd/ --strip-components=1
 RUN cp tmp/etcd/etcd* pkg/usr/bin/
+COPY etcd.service pkg/etc/systemd/system/
 # create deb package
 RUN fpm -s dir -t deb -n etcd -v ${etcd_version} --iteration ${pkg_revision} -a ${arch} \
   --url https://etcd.io --maintainer "84codes <contact@84codes.com>" \
   --description "A distributed, reliable key-value store" \
+  --deb-systemd etcd.service \
   --license "Apache 2.0" --chdir pkg .
 
 # ARM64
@@ -33,10 +35,12 @@ RUN rm -rf pkg/usr/bin/*
 RUN curl -L ${download_url}/${etcd_version}/etcd-${etcd_version}-${TARGETOS}-${arch}.tar.gz -o tmp/etcd-${etcd_version}-${TARGETOS}-${arch}.tar.gz
 RUN tar xzvf tmp/etcd-${etcd_version}-${TARGETOS}-${arch}.tar.gz -C tmp/etcd/ --strip-components=1
 RUN cp tmp/etcd/etcd* pkg/usr/bin/
+COPY etcd.service pkg/etc/systemd/system/
 # create deb package
 RUN fpm -s dir -t deb -n etcd -v ${etcd_version} --iteration ${pkg_revision} -a ${arch} \
   --url https://etcd.io --maintainer "84codes <contact@84codes.com>" \
   --description "A distributed, reliable key-value store" \
+  --deb-systemd etcd.service \
   --license "Apache 2.0" --chdir pkg .
 
 # put .deb files in a scratch image for exporting
diff --git a/etcd.service b/etcd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e915243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etcd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=etcd key-value store
+Documentation=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd
+After=network-online.target local-fs.target remote-fs.target time-sync.target
+Wants=network-online.target local-fs.target remote-fs.target time-sync.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=notify
+Environment=ETCD_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/etcd
+Environment=ETCD_NAME=%m
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/etcd --config-file /etc/etcd/etcd.conf.yml
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10s
+LimitNOFILE=40000
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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