diff --git a/package/ofono/ofono.mk b/package/ofono/ofono.mk
index 98e2fbceb7..f1a63e2bec 100644
--- a/package/ofono/ofono.mk
+++ b/package/ofono/ofono.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ define OFONO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D package/ofono/S46ofono $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S46ofono
 endef
 
+define OFONO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/systemd/multi-user.target.wants
+	ln -fs ../../../../usr/lib/systemd/system/ofono.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
+endef
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
 OFONO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-udev
 OFONO_DEPENDENCIES += udev