diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 
 install(TARGETS kded5 ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
 
+configure_file(plasma-kded.service.in
+               ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/plasma-kded.service @ONLY)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/plasma-kded.service
+        DESTINATION ${SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 qt5_generate_dbus_interface( kdedadaptor.h org.kde.kded5.xml )
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/org.kde.kded5.xml DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_DBUSINTERFACEDIR})
diff --git a/src/plasma-kded.service.in b/src/plasma-kded.service.in
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plasma-kded.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=KDE Daemon
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR@/kded5
+BusName=org.kde.kded5
+Slice=session.slice