diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.0.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.0.0.bb
index 52c8bec..efacc8e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.0.0.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SECTION = "console/network"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 DEPENDS = "gmp openssl flex-native flex bison-native"
-PR = "r1"
+PR = "r2"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://download.strongswan.org/strongswan-${PV}.tar.bz2"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "c8b861305def7c0abae04f7bbefec212"
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-curl --disable-soup --disable-ldap \
 		--enable-gmp --disable-mysql --disable-sqlite \
 		--enable-openssl"
 
+SYSTEMD_UNITDIR ??= "no"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=${SYSTEMD_UNITDIR}"
+
 inherit autotools
 
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "kernel-module-ipsec"
diff --git a/meta-systemd/meta-oe/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.0.0.bbappend b/meta-systemd/meta-oe/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.0.0.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a60a109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-systemd/meta-oe/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.0.0.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+inherit systemd
+
+PRINC := "${@int(PRINC) + 1}"
+
+SYSTEMD_UNITDIR = "${systemd_unitdir}/system"
+
+SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${PN}-systemd"
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE = "${PN}.service"