diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 include(ECMInstallIcons)
 include(ECMOptionalAddSubdirectory)
+include(ECMConfiguredInstall)
 
 add_definitions(-DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0 -DQT_USE_QSTRINGBUILDER -DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING)
 
@@ -773,3 +774,6 @@
     INSTALL_DESTINATION ${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/KWinDBusInterfaceConfig.cmake
     DESTINATION ${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
+
+ecm_install_configured_files( TEMPLATES plasma-kwin_x11.service.in plasma-kwin_wayland.service.in @ONLY
+            DESTINATION ${SYSTEMD_USER_UNIT_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/plasma-kwin_wayland.service.in b/plasma-kwin_wayland.service.in
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plasma-kwin_wayland.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=KDE Window Manager
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR@/kwin_wayland
+BusName=org.kde.KWin
+KillMode=none
+Slice=session.slice
diff --git a/plasma-kwin_x11.service.in b/plasma-kwin_x11.service.in
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plasma-kwin_x11.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=KDE Window Manager
+Wants=plasma-kcminit.service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR@/kwin_x11 --replace
+BusName=org.kde.KWin
+KillMode=none
+Slice=session.slice