diff --git a/_service b/_service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bce4200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<services>
+  <service name="tar_scm" mode="disabled">
+    <param name="url">https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice</param>
+    <param name="scm">git</param>
+    <param name="filename">libimobiledevice</param>
+    <param name="exclude">.git</param>
+    <param name="versionformat">1.2.0+git%cd.%h</param>
+    <param name="revision">master</param>
+  </service>
+  <service name="recompress" mode="disabled">
+    <param name="file">libimobiledevice-*.tar</param>
+    <param name="compression">xz</param>
+  </service>
+  <service name="set_version" mode="disabled">
+    <param name="basename">libimobiledevice</param>
+  </service>
+</services>
diff --git a/libimobiledevice.changes b/libimobiledevice.changes
index da54a1a..4b64e0e 100644
--- a/libimobiledevice.changes
+++ b/libimobiledevice.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb  2 10:12:12 UTC 2017 - i@marguerite.su
+
+- added _service file to clearly show the package origin
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb  2 01:32:19 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de