diff --git a/powerd.changes b/powerd.changes
index 3c292c3..17d4a7a 100644
--- a/powerd.changes
+++ b/powerd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 21 11:29:51 UTC 2021 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+
+- Automatic systemd hardening effort by the security team. This has
+  not been tested. For details please see
+  https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Security_Features#Systemd_hardening_effort 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 25 15:04:45 UTC 2020 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/powerd.service b/powerd.service
index 14d6846..3d10306 100644
--- a/powerd.service
+++ b/powerd.service
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ Documentation=man:powerd(8)
 ConditionPathExists=/etc/powerd.conf
 
 [Service]
+# added automatically, for details please see
+# https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Security_Features#Systemd_hardening_effort
+ProtectSystem=full
+ProtectHome=true
+ProtectHostname=true
+ProtectKernelTunables=true
+ProtectKernelModules=true
+ProtectKernelLogs=true
+ProtectControlGroups=true
+RestrictRealtime=true
+# end of automatic additions 
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/var/run/powerd.pid
 ExecStart=/sbin/powerd