diff --git a/slurm.changes b/slurm.changes
index 61c90ca..d51419a 100644
--- a/slurm.changes
+++ b/slurm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 30 18:52:44 UTC 2023 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
+
+- Add missing service file for slurmrestd (boo#1217711).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 28 14:14:28 UTC 2023 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/slurm.spec b/slurm.spec
index 632196f..3c6de37 100644
--- a/slurm.spec
+++ b/slurm.spec
@@ -681,6 +681,10 @@ install -p -m644 etc/slurmd.service etc/slurmdbd.service etc/slurmctld.service %
 ln -s /usr/sbin/service %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rcslurmd
 ln -s /usr/sbin/service %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rcslurmdbd
 ln -s /usr/sbin/service %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rcslurmctld
+%if 0%{?build_slurmrestd}
+install -p -m644 etc/slurmrestd.service %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
+ln -s /usr/sbin/service %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rcslurmrestd
+%endif
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}/%{_tmpfilesdir}/
 cat <<-EOF > %{buildroot}/%{_tmpfilesdir}/%{pname}.conf
 	# Create a directory with permissions 0700 owned by user slurm, group slurm
@@ -990,6 +994,18 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/slurm/rest_auth_*.so
 %postun node
 %service_del_postun_without_restart slurmd.service
 
+%pre rest
+%service_add_pre slurmrestd.service
+
+%post rest
+%service_add_post slurmrestd.service
+
+%preun rest
+%service_del_preun slurmrestd.service
+
+%postun rest
+%service_add_pre slurmrestd.service
+
 %pre config %{?have_sysuser:-f %{pname}.pre}
 %if 0%{!?have_sysuser:1}
 getent group %slurm_g >/dev/null || groupadd -r %slurm_g
@@ -1042,6 +1058,9 @@ rm -rf /srv/slurm-testsuite/src /srv/slurm-testsuite/testsuite \
 %posttrans slurmdbd
 %_restart_on_update slurmdbd
 
+%posttrans rest
+%_restart_on_update slurmrestd
+
 %if 0%{?sle_version} > 120200 || 0%{?suse_version} > 1320
 %define my_license %license
 %else
@@ -1306,6 +1325,8 @@ rm -rf /srv/slurm-testsuite/src /srv/slurm-testsuite/testsuite \
 %if 0%{?build_slurmrestd}
 %files rest
 %{_sbindir}/slurmrestd
+%{_sbindir}/rcslurmrestd
+%{_unitdir}/slurmrestd.service
 %{_mandir}/man8/slurmrestd.*
 %{_libdir}/slurm/openapi_dbv0_0_39.so
 %{_libdir}/slurm/openapi_v0_0_39.so