diff --git a/ulogd.service b/ulogd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d1a5cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ulogd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Netfilter Userspace Logging Daemon
+Before=masq.service
+
+[Service]
+User=root
+Group=root
+Restart=always
+TimeoutSec=0
+Type=forking
+
+PIDFile=/run/ulog/ulogd.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ulogd --daemon --uid ulog --pidfile /run/ulog/ulogd.pid
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sme-server.target multi-user.target
+
diff --git a/ulogd.spec b/ulogd.spec
index 11a042f..4b04421 100644
--- a/ulogd.spec
+++ b/ulogd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Userspace logging daemon for netfilter
 Name: ulogd
 Version: 2.0.7
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 URL: http://www.netfilter.org/projects/%{name}/
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Source0: http://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: %{name}.init
 Source2: %{name}.logrotate
 Source3: %{name}2.service
+Source4: %{name}.service
+Source5: %{name}2.conf
 
 BuildRequires: libnetfilter_conntrack-devel >= 0.0.95
 BuildRequires: libnetfilter_log-devel >= 1.0.0
@@ -104,24 +106,14 @@ firewall information into an SQLITE database.
 
 %{__mkdir_p} -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/
 %{__install} -m 0644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}
-
+%{__install} -m 0644 %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}/usr/lib/systemd/system/%{name}.service
+%{__install} -m 0644 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/%{name}.conf
 
 %post
-/sbin/chkconfig --add %{name}
-/sbin/service %{name} condrestart >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 
 %preun
-# if we are uninstalling...
-if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
-   /sbin/service %{name} stop > /dev/null 2>&1 ||:
-   /sbin/chkconfig --del %{name}
-fi
 
 %postun
-# if we are upgrading...
-if [ "$1" -ge "1" ]; then
-   /sbin/service %{name} condrestart >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
-fi
 
 %check
 %{__make} %{?_smp_mflags} check
@@ -179,6 +171,10 @@ fi
 %doc COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 17 2024 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 2.0.7-2.sme
+- adding systemd service file and run config [SME: 12538]
+  remove scriptlet for sysvinit, leave integrator enabling service
+
 * Fri Jul 14 2023 BogusDateBot
 - Eliminated rpmbuild "bogus date" warnings due to inconsistent weekday,
   by assuming the date is correct and changing the weekday.
diff --git a/ulogd2.conf b/ulogd2.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ec73b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ulogd2.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /run/ulog 2755 ulog ulog