diff --git a/package/polkit/polkit.mk b/package/polkit/polkit.mk
index 8572d8b9ba..ee0b3674de 100644
--- a/package/polkit/polkit.mk
+++ b/package/polkit/polkit.mk
@@ -43,4 +43,10 @@ define POLKIT_PERMISSIONS
 	/usr/bin/pkexec f 4755 root root - - - - -
 endef
 
+define POLKIT_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 $(POLKIT_PKGDIR)/polkit.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service
+
+endef
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
diff --git a/package/polkit/polkit.service b/package/polkit/polkit.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a69b28cd93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/polkit/polkit.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+
+Description=Authorization Manager
+Documentation=man:polkit(8)
+
+[Service]
+Type=dbus
+BusName=org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target