diff --git a/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk b/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
index 84ca0bc116..381843a0af 100644
--- a/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
+++ b/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.mk
@@ -131,4 +131,9 @@ else
 JANUS_GATEWAY_CONF_OPTS += --disable-systemd-sockets
 endif
 
+define JANUS_GATEWAY_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/janus-gateway.service
+endef
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
diff --git a/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.service b/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e6bc7f017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/janus-gateway/janus-gateway.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Janus WebRTC Gateway
+Wants=network.target
+StartLimitIntervalSec=0
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/janus
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target