diff --git a/blktapctrl.service b/blktapctrl.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5fdf30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blktapctrl.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=blktapctrl daemon
+RefuseManualStop=true
+ConditionPathExists=/proc/xen
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+Environment=BLKTAPCTRL_ARGS=
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/blktapctrl
+ExecStartPre=/bin/grep -q control_d /proc/xen/capabilities
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/blktapctrl $BLKTAPCTRL_ARGS
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/xen-watchdog.service b/xen-watchdog.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..816a017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xen-watchdog.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Xen-watchdog - run xen watchdog daemon
+After=xend.service
+ConditionPathExists=/proc/xen
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/xenwatchdogd 30 15
+KillSignal=USR1
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/xen.changes b/xen.changes
index 3c11e07..4791e0f 100644
--- a/xen.changes
+++ b/xen.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 29 16:46:33 MDT 2013 - carnold@suse.com
+
+- Added support for systemd with the following service files
+  xenstored.service
+  blktapctrl.service
+  xend.service
+  xenconsoled.service
+  xen-watchdog.service
+  xendomains.service
+  xencommons.service
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 12 11:05:11 MDT 2013 - carnold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xen.spec b/xen.spec
index 39f5ad2..fa23932 100644
--- a/xen.spec
+++ b/xen.spec
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 x86_64 %arm aarch64
 %endif
 %define _fwdefdir /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.d/services
 %if %suse_version >= 1230
+%define with_systemd 1
 %define with_xend 0
 %else
 %define with_xend 1
+%define with_systemd 0
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  LibVNCServer-devel
 BuildRequires:  SDL-devel
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pciutils-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  texinfo
 BuildRequires:  transfig
+BuildRequires:  systemd
 %if %suse_version >= 1120
 BuildRequires:  xz-devel
 %endif
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ BuildRequires:  xorg-x11
 BuildRequires:  lndir
 %endif
 %endif
-Version:        4.3.0_07
+Version:        4.3.0_08
 Release:        0
 PreReq:         %insserv_prereq %fillup_prereq
 Summary:        Xen Virtualization: Hypervisor (aka VMM aka Microkernel)
@@ -179,6 +182,14 @@ Source33:       xend-relocation-server.fw
 Source34:       init.pciback
 Source35:       sysconfig.pciback
 Source36:       xnloader.py
+# systemd service files
+Source40:       xenstored.service
+Source41:       blktapctrl.service
+Source42:       xend.service
+Source43:       xenconsoled.service
+Source44:       xen-watchdog.service
+Source45:       xendomains.service
+Source46:       xencommons.service
 Source99:       baselibs.conf
 # http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/xenalyze
 Source20000:    xenalyze.hg.tar.bz2
@@ -856,6 +867,17 @@ install -m755 %SOURCE36 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/python%{pyver}/site-packages
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/udev/rules.d
 mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/udev/rules.d/xen-backend.rules $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/udev/rules.d/40-xen.rules
 mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/udev/rules.d/xend.rules $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/udev/rules.d/40-xend.rules
+# systemd
+%if %with_systemd
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE40} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/xenstored.service
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE41} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/blktapctrl.service
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE42} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/xend.service
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE43} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/xenconsoled.service
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE44} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/xen-watchdog.service
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE45} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/xendomains.service
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE46} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/xencommons.service
+%endif
 # xen utils
 make -C tools/xen-utils-0.1 install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT XEN_INTREE_BUILD=yes XEN_ROOT=$PWD
 # Clean up unpackaged files
@@ -1088,6 +1110,14 @@ rm -f  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/libexec/qemu-bridge-helper
 %ifnarch %arm aarch64
 %config /etc/init.d/pciback
 %endif
+%if %with_systemd
+%{_unitdir}/xendomains.service
+%{_unitdir}/xencommons.service
+%{_unitdir}/xenstored.service
+%{_unitdir}/blktapctrl.service
+%{_unitdir}/xenconsoled.service
+%{_unitdir}/xen-watchdog.service
+%endif
 %dir /etc/modprobe.d
 %dir /etc/udev
 %dir /etc/udev/rules.d
@@ -1153,6 +1183,9 @@ rm -f  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/libexec/qemu-bridge-helper
 %dir %{_libdir}/python%{pyver}/site-packages/xen/xm
 %dir %{_libdir}/python%{pyver}/site-packages/xen/web
 %config /etc/init.d/xend
+%if %with_systemd
+%{_unitdir}/xend.service
+%endif
 %endif
 %dir %attr(700,root,root) /etc/xen
 %config(noreplace) /etc/xen/*.sxp
@@ -1199,6 +1232,12 @@ rm -f  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/libexec/qemu-bridge-helper
 %post tools
 %if %{?with_xend}0
 # with_xend
+%if %with_systemd
+%{fillup_and_insserv -i -y -n xencommons xencommons}
+%{fillup_and_insserv -i -y -n xend xend}
+/bin/systemctl enable xend.service
+/bin/systemctl enable xencommons.service
+%else
 # enable both xm (xend based) and xl (libxl based)
 if /bin/ls /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S??xend > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     if ! /bin/ls /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S??xencommons > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
@@ -1210,8 +1249,13 @@ else
     %{fillup_and_insserv -y -n xencommons xencommons}
 fi
 %{fillup_and_insserv -y -n xend xend}
+%endif
 %else
 # without_xend
+%if %with_systemd
+%{fillup_and_insserv -i -y -n xencommons xencommons}
+/bin/systemctl enable xencommons.service
+%else
 # disable xm (xend based) and enable only xl (libxl based)
 if /bin/ls /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S??xend > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     if ! /bin/ls /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S??xencommons > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
@@ -1225,8 +1269,13 @@ else
     %{fillup_and_insserv -y -n xencommons xencommons}
 fi
 %endif
+%endif
 #
 %ifnarch %arm aarch64
+%if %with_systemd
+%{fillup_and_insserv -i -y -n xendomains xendomains}
+/bin/systemctl enable xendomains.service
+%else
 %{fillup_and_insserv -y -n xendomains xendomains}
 %{fillup_only -n pciback}
 if [ -f /usr/bin/qemu-img ]; then
@@ -1242,9 +1291,16 @@ if [ -f /usr/bin/qemu-nbd ]; then
     ln -s /usr/bin/qemu-nbd /usr/bin/qemu-nbd-xen
 fi
 %endif
+%endif
 
 %preun tools
+%if %with_systemd
+/bin/systemctl disable xend.service
+/bin/systemctl disable xencommons.service
+/bin/systemctl disable xendomains.service
+%else
 %{stop_on_removal xendomains xend xencommons}
+%endif
 
 %postun tools
 %if %{?with_xend}0
diff --git a/xencommons.service b/xencommons.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98574a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xencommons.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Xencommons - Script to start and stop xenstored and xenconsoled
+ConditionPathExists=/proc/xen
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=true
+ExecStartPre=/bin/grep -q control_d /proc/xen/capabilities
+ExecStart=-/etc/init.d/xencommons start
+ExecStop=/etc/init.d/xencommons stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/xenconsoled.service b/xenconsoled.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4dc9a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xenconsoled.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Xenconsoled - handles logging from guest consoles and hypervisor
+After=xenstored.service
+ConditionPathExists=/proc/xen
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Environment=XENCONSOLED_ARGS=
+Environment=XENCONSOLED_LOG=none
+Environment=XENCONSOLED_LOG_DIR=/var/log/xen/console
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/xenconsoled
+PIDFile=/var/run/xenconsoled.pid
+ExecStartPre=/bin/grep -q control_d /proc/xen/capabilities
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/xenconsoled --log=${XENCONSOLED_LOG} --log-dir=${XENCONSOLED_LOG_DIR} $XENCONSOLED_ARGS
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/xend.service b/xend.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ef546d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xend.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Xend - Starts and stops the Xen management daemon
+Before=libvirtd.service libvirt-guests.service
+ConditionPathExists=/proc/xen
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/var/run/xend.pid
+Environment=HOME=/root
+ExecStartPre=/bin/grep -q control_d /proc/xen/capabilities
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/xend
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/xendomains.service b/xendomains.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96adcbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xendomains.service
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Xendomains - start and stop Xen VMs on boot and shutdown
+Requires=xenstored.service xenconsoled.service
+After=xenstored.service xenconsoled.service
+ConditionPathExists=/proc/xen
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=true
+ExecStartPre=/bin/grep -q control_d /proc/xen/capabilities
+ExecStart=-/etc/init.d/xendomains start
+ExecStop=/etc/init.d/xendomains stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/xenstored.service b/xenstored.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d0ea83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xenstored.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Xenstored - daemon managing xenstore file system
+Before=libvirtd.service libvirt-guests.service
+RefuseManualStop=true
+ConditionPathExists=/proc/xen
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+Environment=XENSTORED_ARGS=
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/xenstored
+PIDFile=/var/run/xenstored.pid
+ExecStartPre=/bin/grep -q control_d /proc/xen/capabilities
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/xenstored --pid-file /var/run/xenstored.pid $XENSTORED_ARGS
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target