diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 381f3ccd..a42f783e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ $(DEB): tmp/build/$(SERVER_NAME)-linux-amd64 tmp/build/$(CLI_NAME)-linux-amd64
 		--url "https://github.com/Shopify/toxiproxy" \
 		$(word 1,$^)=/usr/bin/$(SERVER_NAME) \
 		$(word 2,$^)=/usr/bin/$(CLI_NAME) \
-		./share/toxiproxy.conf=/etc/init/toxiproxy.conf
+		./share/toxiproxy.conf=/etc/init/toxiproxy.conf \
+		./share/toxiproxy.service=/lib/systemd/system/toxiproxy.service
 
 docker:
 	docker build --tag="shopify/toxiproxy:git" .
diff --git a/share/toxiproxy.service b/share/toxiproxy.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84183fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/toxiproxy.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=TCP proxy to simulate network and system conditions
+After=network-online.target firewalld.service
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Environment=HOST=localhost
+Environment=PORT=8474
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/toxiproxy-server -port $PORT -host $HOST
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target