diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e975c4f7..44516cdfe 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ if(WITH_SCRIPTS)
     PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
   install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maxscale.conf DESTINATION ${MAXSCALE_SHAREDIR}
     PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+  install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maxscale.service DESTINATION ${MAXSCALE_SHAREDIR}
+    PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
   else()
   install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maxscale DESTINATION /etc/init.d 
     PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
diff --git a/etc/postinst.in b/etc/postinst.in
index e04a34f5f..dca7215df 100755
--- a/etc/postinst.in
+++ b/etc/postinst.in
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ chown maxscale:maxscale @MAXSCALE_VARDIR@/run/maxscale
 # Copy init.d script and ldconfig file
 cp @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_SHAREDIR@/maxscale /etc/init.d/
 cp @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_SHAREDIR@/maxscale.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
+cp @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@MAXSCALE_SHAREDIR@/maxscale.service /usr/lib/systemd/system
 /sbin/ldconfig