diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9951c46..62e1ba6 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ dist-hook:
 	else \
 		$(TAR) --create --verbose --file=- $(distdir) | bzip2 -c -9 > $(distdir).tar.bz2 ; \
 	fi
+
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
+        --with-systemdsystemunitdir=$$dc_install_base/$(systemdsystemunitdir)
diff --git a/alsactl/.gitignore b/alsactl/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56ab3a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alsactl/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+alsa-store.service
+alsa-restore.service
+90-alsa-restore.rules
diff --git a/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules.in b/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bcee5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="sound", KERNEL=="controlC*", KERNELS=="card*", \
+        RUN+="@sbindir@/alsactl restore $attr{number}"
diff --git a/alsactl/Makefile.am b/alsactl/Makefile.am
index 359f73a..9a2d30e 100644
--- a/alsactl/Makefile.am
+++ b/alsactl/Makefile.am
@@ -10,5 +10,51 @@ EXTRA_DIST=alsactl.1 alsactl_init.xml
 alsactl_SOURCES=alsactl.c state.c utils.c init_parse.c
 noinst_HEADERS=alsactl.h list.h init_sysdeps.c init_utils_string.c init_utils_run.c init_sysfs.c
 
+udevrulesdir=/lib/udev/rules.d
+
+dist_udevrules_DATA = \
+	90-alsa-restore.rules
+
+if HAVE_SYSTEMD
+
+systemdsystemunit_DATA = \
+	alsa-store.service \
+	alsa-restore.service
+
+install-data-hook:
+	$(MKDIR_P) -m 0755 \
+		$(DESTDIR)$(systemdsystemunitdir)/basic.target.wants \
+		$(DESTDIR)$(systemdsystemunitdir)/shutdown.target.wants
+	( cd $(DESTDIR)$(systemdsystemunitdir)/basic.target.wants && \
+	        rm -f alsa-restore.service && \
+		$(LN_S) ../alsa-restore.service alsa-restore.service )
+	( cd $(DESTDIR)$(systemdsystemunitdir)/shutdown.target.wants && \
+	        rm -f alsa-store.service && \
+		$(LN_S) ../alsa-store.service alsa-store.service )
+
+endif
+
+edit = \
+	sed $(SED) -r 's,@sbindir\@,$(sbindir),g' < $< > $@ || rm $@
+
+alsa-store.service: alsa-store.service.in
+	$(edit)
+
+alsa-restore.service: alsa-restore.service.in
+	$(edit)
+
+90-alsa-restore.rules: 90-alsa-restore.rules.in
+	$(edit)
+
+EXTRA_DIST += \
+	alsa-store.service.in \
+	alsa-restore.service.in \
+	90-alsa-restore.rules.in
+
+CLEANFILES = \
+	alsa-store.service \
+	alsa-restore.service \
+	90-alsa-restore.rules
+
 %.7: %.xml
 	xmlto man $?
diff --git a/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in b/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e97d196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Restore Sound Card State
+DefaultDependencies=no
+After=sysinit.target
+Before=shutdown.target
+Conflicts=shutdown.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=-@sbindir@/alsactl restore
+StandardOutput=syslog
diff --git a/alsactl/alsa-store.service.in b/alsactl/alsa-store.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e2823c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alsactl/alsa-store.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Store Sound Card State
+DefaultDependencies=no
+Before=shutdown.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/alsactl store
+StandardOutput=syslog
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 31fd581..54ea74c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ fi
 AC_PROG_CC
 dnl AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 AM_PATH_ALSA(1.0.16)
 
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ if test x$alsamixer = xtrue; then
       CURSES_CFLAGS=`ncursesw5-config --cflags`
       curseslib="ncursesw"
     else
-      AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, initscr, 
+      AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, initscr,
                  [ CURSESINC='<ncurses.h>'; CURSESLIB='-lncursesw'; curseslib="ncursesw"])
     fi
     if test -n "$CURSESINC"; then
@@ -147,12 +148,12 @@ if test x$alsamixer = xtrue; then
       CURSES_CFLAGS=`ncurses5-config --cflags`
       curseslib="ncurses"
     else
-      AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr, 
+      AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr,
                  [ CURSESINC='<ncurses.h>'; CURSESLIB='-lncurses'; curseslib="ncurses"])
     fi
   fi
   if test "$curseslib" = "curses" -o "$curseslib" = "auto"; then
-    AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, initscr, 
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, initscr,
                  [ CURSESINC='<curses.h>'; CURSESLIB='-lcurses'; curseslib="curses"])
   fi
   if test -z "$CURSESINC"; then
@@ -278,6 +279,16 @@ SAVE_UTIL_VERSION
 
 AC_SUBST(LIBRT)
 
+dnl Check for systemd
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+AC_ARG_WITH([systemdsystemunitdir],
+        AS_HELP_STRING([--with-systemdsystemunitdir=DIR], [Directory for systemd service files]),
+        [], [with_systemdsystemunitdir=$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd)])
+if test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno; then
+        AC_SUBST([systemdsystemunitdir], [$with_systemdsystemunitdir])
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYSTEMD, [test -n "$with_systemdsystemunitdir" -a "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno ])
+
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile alsactl/Makefile alsactl/init/Makefile \
 	  alsamixer/Makefile amidi/Makefile amixer/Makefile \
 	  m4/Makefile po/Makefile.in \