diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/klogd.service b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/klogd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c888c497d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/klogd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Kernel Logging Service
+After=syslogd.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/sbin/klogd
+PIDFile=/var/run/klogd.pid
+StandardOutput=null
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/syslogd.service b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/syslogd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eeaff3d38d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/syslogd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=System Logging Service
+Requires=syslog.socket
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/sbin/syslogd
+PIDFile=/var/run/syslogd.pid
+StandardOutput=null
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Alias=syslog.service
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/tmpfiles.sysklogd.conf b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/tmpfiles.sysklogd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4aecd385b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/files/tmpfiles.sysklogd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+p /dev/xconsole 0640 root adm
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
index 5c15ffe8ab..f9af0a4833 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
@@ -11,17 +11,24 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8ca43cbc842c2336e835926c2166c28b \
                     file://klogd.c;beginline=2;endline=19;md5=7e87ed0ae6142de079bce738c10c899d \
                    "
 
-inherit update-rc.d update-alternatives
+inherit update-rc.d update-alternatives systemd
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.infodrom.org/projects/sysklogd/download/sysklogd-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://no-strip-install.patch \
            file://0001-Fix-build-with-musl.patch \
            file://sysklogd \
            file://syslog.conf \
+           file://syslogd.service \
+           file://klogd.service \
+           file://tmpfiles.sysklogd.conf \
            "
 
 SRC_URI_append_e500v2 = " file://no-vectorization.patch"
 
+SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "syslogd.service klogd.service"
+SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE = "enable"
+
 INITSCRIPT_NAME = "syslog"
 CONFFILES_${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/syslog.conf.${BPN}"
 
@@ -39,13 +46,23 @@ do_install () {
 	install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/syslog.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/syslog.conf
 	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/sysklogd ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog
+	install -d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
+	install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/syslogd.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
+	install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/klogd.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','true', 'false', d)}; then
+		install -d ${D}${exec_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d
+		install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/tmpfiles.sysklogd.conf ${D}${exec_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/sysklogd.conf
+	fi
 }
 
+FILES_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','${exec_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/sysklogd.conf', '', d)}"
+
 # sysklogd package has no internal systemd support, so we weigh busybox's
 # sysklogd utility over it in case of systemd
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','10','100',d)}"
 
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "syslogd klogd syslog-init syslog-conf"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "syslogd klogd syslog-conf \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','sysvinit','syslog-init','',d)}"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[syslogd] = "${base_sbindir}/syslogd"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[klogd] = "${base_sbindir}/klogd"