diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient
deleted file mode 100644
index 7db38f1b05..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#      Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Roman Weber (roman@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-# start the ATVclient daemon
-#
-# runlevels: openelec, textmode
-
-(
-  progress "starting ATVclient"
-  exec atvclient -m > /dev/null 2>&1
-)&
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk
index df6f3e0aa6..b43352b52c 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="atvclient is a background application for Linux that reads input f
 
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
+post_install () {
+  enable_service atvclient.service
+}
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..5031f93b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/system.d/atvclient.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=ATV client remote support
+After=syslog.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/atvclient -m
+KillMode=process
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+