diff --git a/nfd/debian/nfd.upstart b/nfd/debian/nfd.upstart
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+# nfd.conf
+#
+# NDN Forwarding Daemon
+
+description "NDN forwarding daemon"
+author      "Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>"
+
+# start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
+# stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+start on started  network-services
+stop  on stopping network-services
+
+respawn
+respawn limit unlimited
+
+env HOME=/var/lib/ndn/nfd
+export HOME
+
+exec /usr/bin/nfd --config /etc/ndn/nfd.conf 2>> /var/log/ndn/nfd.log
+post-stop exec sleep 2