diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index cb8cfe0..1342520 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ project(FastNetMon)
 set (FASTNETMON_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set (FASTNETMON_VERSION_MINOR 1)
 
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEMD_SERVICEDIR "/lib/systemd/system"
+  CACHE PATH "Location for systemd service files")
+
 if (ENABLE_GOBGP_SUPPORT)
     # We could not compile gRPC without C++ 11
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -std=c++11")
@@ -600,6 +603,10 @@ install(FILES networks_whitelist DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}")
 install(FILES man/fastnetmon.1 DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
 install(FILES man/fastnetmon_client.1 DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
 
+# service files
+configure_file(fastnetmon.service.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/fastnetmon.service" @ONLY)
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/fastnetmon.service" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEMD_SERVICEDIR})
+
 # Configure cpack package builder
 # Run it with: cd build; cpack -G DEB ..
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "fastnetmon")
diff --git a/src/fastnetmon.service b/src/fastnetmon.service.in
similarity index 85%
rename from src/fastnetmon.service
rename to src/fastnetmon.service.in
index d7e2fdc..ffca8b8 100644
--- a/src/fastnetmon.service
+++ b/src/fastnetmon.service.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ After=syslog.target network.target remote-fs.target
  
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-ExecStart=/opt/fastnetmon/fastnetmon --daemonize
+ExecStart=@CMAKE_INSTALL_SBINDIR@/fastnetmon --daemonize
 PIDFile=/run/fastnetmon.pid
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=3