diff --git a/ndns/debian/control b/ndns/debian/control
index 5bae6c5..93fb76a 100644
--- a/ndns/debian/control
+++ b/ndns/debian/control
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
+ dh-systemd (>= 1.5),
  python (>= 2.7.0),
  pkg-config (>= 0.26),
  ndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.3.0~rc0.2),
diff --git a/ndns/debian/control.precise b/ndns/debian/control.precise
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bae6c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndns/debian/control.precise
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Source: ndns
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
+ python (>= 2.7.0),
+ pkg-config (>= 0.26),
+ ndn-cxx-dev (>= 0.3.0~rc0.2),
+ liblog4cxx10-dev (>= 0.10.0)
+Standards-Version: 3.9.2
+Section: net
+Homepage: http://github.com/named-data/ndns
+Vcs-Git: git://github.com/named-data/ndns.git
+Vcs-Browser: http://github.com/named-data/ndns
+
+Package: ndns
+Architecture: i386 amd64
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ndn-cxx, nfd
+Description: Domain Name Service for Named Data Networking
+ NDNS is a completely distributed database system that largely mimics
+ the structure of the DNS system in today's Internet but operates within
+ the NDN architecture.
diff --git a/ndns/debian/ndns.service b/ndns/debian/ndns.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..201b44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndns/debian/ndns.service
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015,  Arizona Board of Regents.
+#
+# This file is part of NDNS (Named Data Networking Domain Name Service).
+# See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NDNS authors and contributors.
+#
+# NDNS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+# either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# NDNS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+# without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+# PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# NDNS, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Author: Eric Newberry <enewberry@email.arizona.edu>
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Domain Name Service for Named Data Networking
+Documentation=man:ndns-daemon
+Requires=nfd.service
+After=nfd.service
+
+[Service]
+Environment=HOME=/var/lib/ndns
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/ndns
+User=ndns
+Group=ndns
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/ndns-daemon -c /etc/ndns/ndns.conf
+Restart=on-failure
+ProtectSystem=full
+PrivateTmp=yes
+PrivateDevices=yes
+ProtectHome=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ndns/debian/rules b/ndns/debian/rules
index 185d67b..493c55c 100755
--- a/ndns/debian/rules
+++ b/ndns/debian/rules
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --parallel
+	dh $@ --parallel --with=systemd
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" ./waf configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib
@@ -37,3 +37,10 @@
 	rm -f docs/*.pyc
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
+
+override_dh_systemd_enable:
+	dh_systemd_enable --no-enable
+
+override_dh_systemd_start:
+	dh_systemd_start --no-start
+