diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b1b8b31..e5a6991 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5555,7 +5555,7 @@ $as_echo "${python_libspec}" >&6; }
 
 CPPFLAGS='-DLOCALSTATEDIR=\"$(localstatedir)\" -DPKGDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" -DPKGSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)/capisuite\" -DPKGLIBDIR=\"$(pkglibdir)\" $(python_includespec)'
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile src/Makefile src/backend/Makefile src/modules/Makefile src/application/Makefile src/capisuite-py/Makefile scripts/Makefile scripts/waves/Makefile docs/Makefile"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile src/Makefile src/backend/Makefile src/modules/Makefile src/application/Makefile src/capisuite-py/Makefile scripts/Makefile scripts/waves/Makefile docs/Makefile scripts/capisuite.service"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -6296,6 +6296,7 @@ do
     "scripts/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES scripts/Makefile" ;;
     "scripts/waves/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES scripts/waves/Makefile" ;;
     "docs/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES docs/Makefile" ;;
+    "scripts/capisuite.service") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES scripts/capisuite.service" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 560516b..d397fee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.7])
 PGAC_CHECK_PYTHON_EMBED_SETUP
 CPPFLAGS='-DLOCALSTATEDIR=\"$(localstatedir)\" -DPKGDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" -DPKGSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)/capisuite\" -DPKGLIBDIR=\"$(pkglibdir)\" $(python_includespec)'
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile src/backend/Makefile src/modules/Makefile src/application/Makefile src/capisuite-py/Makefile scripts/Makefile scripts/waves/Makefile docs/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile src/backend/Makefile src/modules/Makefile src/application/Makefile src/capisuite-py/Makefile scripts/Makefile scripts/waves/Makefile docs/Makefile scripts/capisuite.service])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/scripts/capisuite.service.in b/scripts/capisuite.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70b3466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/capisuite.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=capi suite (answering machine)
+
+# In real life, this unit needs to be started after the capi implementation has started, but this is wildly different
+# between installations.
+# In my case, it is:
+# After=network.target mISDNcapid.service
+# See https://gist.github.com/larsimmisch/62bb9affe6032eeb7a687f6870c10416 for an example of the mISDNcapid service definition
+
+After=network.target 
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/capisuite
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+