diff --git a/README b/README
index 93ae350..727bcb2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ logo_top.png                $BASE_DIR			top logo
 monitorixico.png            $BASE_DIR			favicon
 monitorix-alert.sh          /usr/share/doc/		alert example script
 monitorix-apache.conf       /etc/httpd/conf.d/		apache configuration
+monitorix.service           /usr/lib/systemd/system/	Arch Linux systemd service template
 monitorix.init              /etc/init.d/		redhat init script
 monitorix-deb.init          /etc/init.d/		debian init script
 monitorix.logrotate         /etc/logrotate.d/		logrotate script
diff --git a/docs/monitorix.service b/docs/monitorix.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..289c613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/monitorix.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Monitorix
+Wants=local-fs.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/monitorix -c /etc/monitorix.conf -p /run/monitorix.pid
+PIDFile=/run/monitorix.pid
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target