diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 705b2b0..37b51b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ and run the following command:
 $ unbound-telemetry shm --help
 ```
 
+### Install systemd service
+
+Copy unbound-telemetry.service to /etc/systemd/system/unbound-telemetry.service
+and run the following commands:
+
+```bash
+$ systemctl daemon-reload
+$ systemctl enable unbound-telemetry
+$ systemctl start unbound-telemetry
+```
+
 ### Monitoring
 
 `/healthcheck` URL can be used for automated monitoring;
diff --git a/unbound-telemetry.service b/unbound-telemetry.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ddb15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unbound-telemetry.service
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Prometheus exporter for unbound
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/unbound-telemetry tcp --control-interface 127.0.0.1:8953 --server-cert-file /etc/unbound/unbound_server.pem --control-cert-file /etc/unbound/unbound_control.pem --control-key-file /etc/unbound/unbound_control.key
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target