diff --git a/srcpkgs/fprintd/template b/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
index 04d0e1060b8..6ccfc0a448c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ distfiles="http://people.freedesktop.org/~hadess/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=9256970fe30cb0332c1932fc0dad3c8d83570eb8e153305e9430e3cd90806e58
 configure_args="--sysconfdir=/etc/$pkgname --disable-static"
 conf_files="/etc/fprintd/fprintd.conf"
+systemd_services="${pkgname}.service on"