diff --git a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
index d20a13dbdd..62ef756f9d 100644
--- a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
+++ b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--disable-omjournal
 endif
 
+define RSYSLOG_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D package/rsyslog/rsyslog.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service
+endef
+
 define RSYSLOG_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D package/rsyslog/S01rsyslogd \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S01rsyslogd
diff --git a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.service b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40c7c2202d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.service
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=System Logging Service
+Requires=syslog.socket
+Documentation=man:rsyslogd(8)
+Documentation=https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/
+
+[Service]
+Type=notify
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n -iNONE
+StandardOutput=null
+Restart=on-failure
+
+# Increase the default a bit in order to allow many simultaneous
+# files to be monitored, we might need a lot of fds.
+LimitNOFILE=16384
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Alias=syslog.service