3 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/misc/systemd/local.mk b/misc/systemd/local.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..004549fd2776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/systemd/local.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ifeq ($(OS), Linux)
+
+  $(foreach n, nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service, $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(d)/$(n), $(prefix)/lib/systemd/system, 0644)))
+
+endif
diff --git a/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.service.in b/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5fc04a3f5713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Nix Daemon
+RequiresMountsFor=@storedir@
+RequiresMountsFor=@localstatedir@
+ConditionPathIsReadWrite=@localstatedir@/nix/daemon-socket
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@@bindir@/nix-daemon nix-daemon --daemon
+KillMode=process
diff --git a/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.socket.in b/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.socket.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ed39ffe6eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.socket.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Nix Daemon Socket
+Before=multi-user.target
+RequiresMountsFor=@storedir@
+ConditionPathIsReadWrite=@localstatedir@/nix/daemon-socket
+
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=@localstatedir@/nix/daemon-socket/socket
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sockets.target