diff --git a/authserv/server.py b/authserv/server.py
index 3e82c67f31dd22c08429cff5126bc8c62f007162..7853fe7de0b7598e63365a6be467dea93a717183 100644
--- a/authserv/server.py
+++ b/authserv/server.py
@@ -81,23 +81,26 @@ def main(sysargs=None):
     parser.add_option('--dhparams', dest='dh_params',
                       default='/etc/ai/dhparams',
                       help='Diffie-Helmann parameters file')
+    parser.add_option('--syslog', action='store_true')
     parser.add_option('--debug', action='store_true')
 
     opts, args = parser.parse_args(sysargs)
     if len(args) != 0:
         parser.error('Too many arguments')
 
-    if opts.debug:
-        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-    else:
+    loglevel = logging.DEBUG if opts.debug else logging.INFO
+    if opts.syslog:
         handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(
             address='/dev/log',
             facility=logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.LOG_DAEMON)
         handler.setFormatter(
             logging.Formatter('auth_server: %(message)s'))
         for l in (logging.getLogger(), app_main.app.logger, app_nginx.app.logger):
-            l.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+            l.setLevel(loglevel)
             l.addHandler(handler)
+    else:
+        logging.basicConfig(level=loglevel,
+                            format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s')
 
     if opts.config:
         os.environ['APP_CONFIG'] = opts.config
diff --git a/debian/ai-auth-server.service b/debian/ai-auth-server.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..15b51220ec0e261a5cc5bc84a1c17b35d017ff03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/ai-auth-server.service
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=A/I authentication server
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=ai-auth-server
+Environment=CONFIG=/etc/ai-auth-server.conf
+Environment=BIND_ADDR=127.0.0.1
+Environment=PORT=1616
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/ai-auth-server
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/ai-auth-server \
+        --config=$CONFIG \
+        --port=$PORT \
+        --addr=$BIND_ADDR \
+        $DAEMON_ARGS
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a325f5c44d2a6985aa2b9269b35ebb9a6cbe0187..79b1ec5488e4f2d06de25c247401c7cf565095fe 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+authserv (0.1.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Systemd support.
+
+ -- Autistici/Inventati <debian@autistici.org>  Mon, 17 Oct 2016 07:29:45 +0100
+
 authserv (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Initial Release.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 15aae4f4706b995dabca711f3b7bda1bad1ce41b..20e223e42c02b3826487072d3b8a4e52af471e1a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Autistici/Inventati <debian@autistici.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), build-essential,
  python (>= 2.6.6-3~), python-setuptools, autoconf, automake, libtool,
- libcurl4-openssl-dev, libpam0g-dev
+ libcurl4-openssl-dev, libpam0g-dev, dh-python, dh-systemd
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 
 Package: libpam-authclient
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3877e0b7f7b4d4fe87102353630ea4962c64a6ae..ce13fc5c57bb8bdfbc5669f69062c2360c327d11 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name="authserv",
-    version="0.1",
+    version="0.1.1",
     description="Authentication server",
     author="Autistici/Inventati",
     author_email="info@autistici.org",