diff --git a/cmake/install/clio.service.in b/cmake/install/clio.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ecdddb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/install/clio.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Clio XRPL API server
+Documentation=https://github.com/XRPLF/clio.git
+
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=@CLIO_INSTALL_DIR@/bin/clio_server @CLIO_INSTALL_DIR@/etc/config.json
+Restart=on-failure
+User=clio
+Group=clio
+LimitNOFILE=65536
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/cmake/install/install.cmake b/cmake/install/install.cmake
index 21f1da1e9..848197969 100644
--- a/cmake/install/install.cmake
+++ b/cmake/install/install.cmake
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ file(READ docs/examples/config/example-config.json config)
 string(REGEX REPLACE "./clio_log" "/var/log/clio/" config "${config}")
 file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install-config.json "${config}")
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install-config.json DESTINATION etc RENAME config.json)
+
+configure_file("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/install/clio.service.in" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/clio.service")
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/clio.service" DESTINATION /lib/systemd/system)