diff --git a/www-servers/hinsightd/files/hinsightd.service b/www-servers/hinsightd/files/hinsightd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02215732eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-servers/hinsightd/files/hinsightd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=hinsightd is a http/1.1 webserver
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/hinsightd --config /etc/hinsightd/hinsightd.lua
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -USR1 $MAINPID
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/www-servers/hinsightd/files/logrotate.d.sh b/www-servers/hinsightd/files/logrotate.d.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3483c001f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-servers/hinsightd/files/logrotate.d.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/var/log/hinsightd/*.log {
+daily
+missingok
+rotate 7
+compress
+delaycompress
+minsize 1M
+notifempty
+sharedscripts
+postrotate
+	test -e /run/openrc/softlevel && /etc/init.d/hinsightd reload 1>/dev/null || true
+	test -e /run/systemd/system && systemctl reload hinsightd.service || true
+endscript
+}
diff --git a/www-servers/hinsightd/hinsightd-9999.ebuild b/www-servers/hinsightd/hinsightd-9999.ebuild
index fc23231486..bdb8dbee6b 100644
--- a/www-servers/hinsightd/hinsightd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/www-servers/hinsightd/hinsightd-9999.ebuild
@@ -45,10 +45,15 @@ src_compile() {
 src_install() {
 	newbin "${S}/build/hin9" hinsightd
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/init.d.sh" hinsightd
+	#systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}/hinsightd.service" # not tested
 
 	insinto /etc/hinsightd
 	newins "${S}/workdir/main.lua" hinsightd.lua
 
+	# logrotate
+	insinto /etc/logrotate.d
+	newins "${FILESDIR}"/logrotate.d.sh hinsightd
+
 	keepdir /var/www/localhost/htdocs
 	keepdir /var/log/hinsightd
 	keepdir /var/tmp/hinsightd