diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d66f321ec..f2cf6e8bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ $ docker start freqtrade
 You do not need to rebuild the image for configuration
 changes, it will suffice to edit `config.json` and restart the container.
 
+#### systemd service file
+Copy `./freqtrade.service` to your systemd user directory (usually `~/.config/systemd/user`)
+and update `WorkingDirectory` and `ExecStart` to match your setup.
+After that you can start the daemon with:
+```bash
+$ systemctl --user start freqtrade
+```
+
 ### Usage
 ```
 usage: main.py [-h] [-c PATH] [-v] [--version] [--dynamic-whitelist [INT]]
diff --git a/freqtrade.service b/freqtrade.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76f9b6016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freqtrade.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Freqtrade Daemon
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+# Set WorkingDirectory and ExecStart to your file paths accordingly
+# NOTE: %h will be resolved to /home/<username>
+WorkingDirectory=%h/freqtrade
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/freqtrade --dynamic-whitelist 40
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
+