diff --git a/mariadb.changes b/mariadb.changes
index b75a185..001a550 100644
--- a/mariadb.changes
+++ b/mariadb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 12 16:03:07 UTC 2013 - tpaszkowski@suse.com
+
+- systemd awareness for openSUSE >= 12.1
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Mar  3 21:32:37 UTC 2013 - schwab@suse.de
 
diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index b2c838a..9932c5a 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 %if 0%{?fedora_version} > 11
 BuildRequires:  sqlite
 %endif
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
+BuildRequires:  systemd
+%endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1030
 Recommends:     logrotate
 %else
@@ -86,6 +89,10 @@ Requires:       logrotate
 Requires:       %{name}-client
 Requires:       %{name}-errormessages = %version
 Requires:       perl-base
+# systemd requirements for openSUSE >= 12.1
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
+%{?systemd_requires}
+%endif
 Provides:       mysql = %{srv_vers}
 Provides:       mysql-Max = %{srv_vers}
 %if 0%{?use_extra_provides} > 0
@@ -373,12 +380,26 @@ rm -f mysql-test/t/file_contents.test mysql-test/r/file_contents.result
 /usr/sbin/useradd -r -o -g mysql -u 60 -c "MySQL database admin" \
                   -s /bin/false -d /var/lib/mysql mysql 2> /dev/null || :
 /usr/sbin/usermod -g mysql -s /bin/false mysql || :
+# systemd requirment
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
+%service_add_pre mysql.service
+%endif
+
+%post
+# systemd requirment 
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
+%service_add_post mysql.service
+%endif
 
 #######################################################################
 # preun and posttran takes care of restart                            #
 #######################################################################
 %preun
 [ $1 = 1 ] || /usr/sbin/rcmysql stop
+# systemd requirment
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
+%service_del_preun mysql.service
+%endif
 
 %pretrans -p <lua>
 if posix.access("/usr/sbin/rcmysql", "x") then
@@ -443,6 +464,10 @@ if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
 	%install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/mysql.info.*
 	%{insserv_cleanup}
 fi
+# systemd requirment
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
+%service_del_postun mysql.service
+%endif
 
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