diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8fdd116..b884f59 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -23,3 +23,11 @@ executable('qbootctl', src,
         install: true,
         c_args: [],
 )
+
+configure_file(
+        input: 'qbootctl.service.in',
+        output: 'qbootctl.service',
+        configuration: { 'bindir': get_option('prefix') / 'bin' },
+        install: true,
+        install_dir: get_option('prefix') / 'lib' / 'systemd' / 'system',
+)
diff --git a/qbootctl.service.in b/qbootctl.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1fc7fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qbootctl.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Qualcomm boot slot ctrl mark boot successful
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@bindir@/qbootctl -m
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+[Install]
+# FIXME: maybe do this a bit later on
+WantedBy=multi-user.target