diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk
index df6f3e0aa6..f9561bcbd4 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="atvclient is a background application for Linux that reads input f
 
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/system.d/atvclient.service b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/system.d/atvclient.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b67f76aa11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/system.d/atvclient.service
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=ATV client remote support
+After=syslog.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/atvclient -m
+KillMode=process
+
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/udev.d/98-appleir.rules b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/udev.d/98-appleir.rules
index 8954a51d36..6a0b732f44 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/udev.d/98-appleir.rules
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/udev.d/98-appleir.rules
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-# must be started in a shell, otherwise it exits after sometime for unknown reasons
-ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="05ac", ATTR{idProduct}=="824[012]", RUN+="/bin/sh -c '/usr/sbin/atvclient -m &'"
+ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", \
+  ATTR{idVendor}=="05ac", ATTR{idProduct}=="824[012]", \
+  TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="atvclient.service"