diff --git a/dhcp.changes b/dhcp.changes
index 4e079d5..6314875 100644
--- a/dhcp.changes
+++ b/dhcp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 21 08:34:07 UTC 2014 - jsegitz@novell.com
+
+- added necessary macros for systemd files
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 24 08:24:38 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/dhcp.spec b/dhcp.spec
index b4c2e08..71180ed 100644
--- a/dhcp.spec
+++ b/dhcp.spec
@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ popd
 
 %pre server
 /usr/sbin/useradd -r -g nogroup -s /bin/false -c "DHCP server daemon" -d /var/lib/dhcp dhcpd 2> /dev/null ||:
+%if %{with systemd}
+%service_add_pre dhcpd.service
+%service_add_pre dhcpd6.service
+%endif
 
 %post server
 %if %{with systemd}