diff --git a/www-apps/jackett-bin/files/jackett.service b/www-apps/jackett-bin/files/jackett.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2f2ee870f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-apps/jackett-bin/files/jackett.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Jackett Daemon
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+SyslogIdentifier=jackett
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+Type=simple
+User=jackett
+Group=jackett
+WorkingDirectory=/var/jackett
+ExecStart=/bin/sh "/opt/jackett/jackett_launcher.sh"
+TimeoutStopSec=30
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/www-apps/jackett-bin/jackett-bin-0.17.197.ebuild b/www-apps/jackett-bin/jackett-bin-0.17.197-r1.ebuild
similarity index 93%
rename from www-apps/jackett-bin/jackett-bin-0.17.197.ebuild
rename to www-apps/jackett-bin/jackett-bin-0.17.197-r1.ebuild
index 3e915d390b..b2966ed110 100644
--- a/www-apps/jackett-bin/jackett-bin-0.17.197.ebuild
+++ b/www-apps/jackett-bin/jackett-bin-0.17.197-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
+inherit systemd
+
 DESCRIPTION="API Support for your favorite torrent trackers"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett"
 SRC_URI="
@@ -29,5 +31,6 @@ src_install() {
 	dodir /opt/jackett
 	cp -a "${S}"/. "${ED}"/opt/jackett || die
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/jackett.initd jackett
+	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/jackett.service
 	doenvd "${FILESDIR}"/99jackett
 }