diff --git a/aur/mt-daapd/PKGBUILD b/aur/mt-daapd/PKGBUILD
index 330ba4e26..71368e27a 100644
--- a/aur/mt-daapd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/aur/mt-daapd/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,20 +2,17 @@
 # Contributor: Sergej Pupykin <pupykin.s+arch@gmail.com>
 # Contributor: Jon Kristian Nilsen <jokr.nilsen@gmail.com>
 
-plugrel=1
-
 pkgname=mt-daapd
 pkgver=0.2.4.2
-pkgrel=7
+pkgrel=8
 pkgdesc="A multi-threaded DAAP server compatible with iTunes music sharing"
 url="http://www.mt-daapd.org/"
 license=("LGPL")
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 backup=(etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf)
-depends=('libid3tag' 'gdbm' 'avahi')
-makedepends=('automake' 'autoconf' 'patch')
+depends=('libid3tag' 'avahi')
 source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz \
-	mt-daapd fix-libs.patch)
+	mt-daapd fix-libs.patch mt-daapd.service)
 
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
@@ -31,8 +28,10 @@ build() {
 
   install -D -m644 $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver/contrib/mt-daapd.playlist $pkgdir/etc/mt-daapd/sample.playlist && \
   install -D -m644 $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver/contrib/mt-daapd.conf $pkgdir/etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf && \
-  install -D -m755 $srcdir/mt-daapd $pkgdir/etc/rc.d/mt-daapd
+  install -D -m755 $srcdir/mt-daapd $pkgdir/etc/rc.d/mt-daapd && \
+  install -D -m644 $srcdir/mt-daapd.service $pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/mt-daapd.service
 }
 md5sums=('67bef9fb14d487693b0dfb792c3f1b05'
          '26cf6ff799ef06d262a8648d6890a250'
-         '59896e760486a51170d8b0e7ed5a2506')
+         '59896e760486a51170d8b0e7ed5a2506'
+         'e4fe850008da5206286c3ced6384ac4c')
diff --git a/aur/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.service b/aur/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.service
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..96d2e414e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aur/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=mt-daapd - multi-threaded DAAP server
+ConditionPathExists=/etc/mt-daapd/mt-daapd.conf
+Requires=network.target
+Wants=avahi-daemon.service
+After=avahi-daemon.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mt-daapd
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target