diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
index e68ca685c3..0fcfe38f92 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ define PULSEAUDIO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S50pulseaudio
 endef
 
+define PULSEAUDIO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
+	ln -sf ../../../../usr/lib/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/pulseaudio.service
+endef
+
 endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.service b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc82f03392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=PulseAudio Sound System
+After=syslog.target
+
+[Service]
+UMask=077
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --daemonize=no
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target