diff --git a/distro/debian/dms-git/debian/rules b/distro/debian/dms-git/debian/rules
index de00f6f7..b3ba0766 100755
--- a/distro/debian/dms-git/debian/rules
+++ b/distro/debian/dms-git/debian/rules
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ export GOMODCACHE := $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp-home/go-mod
 export GOTOOLCHAIN := local
 
 %:
-	dh $@
+	dh $@ --with systemd
+
+override_dh_installsystemd:
+	dh_installsystemd --user --name=dms
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	# Create Go cache directories
diff --git a/distro/debian/dms/debian/rules b/distro/debian/dms/debian/rules
index e3a82862..d73f91ac 100755
--- a/distro/debian/dms/debian/rules
+++ b/distro/debian/dms/debian/rules
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ UPSTREAM_VERSION := $(shell echo $(DEB_VERSION) | sed 's/-[^-]*$$//')
 DEB_HOST_ARCH := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
 
 %:
-	dh $@
+	dh $@ --with systemd
+
+override_dh_installsystemd:
+	dh_installsystemd --user --name=dms
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	if [ "$(DEB_HOST_ARCH)" = "amd64" ]; then \
diff --git a/distro/ubuntu/dms-git/debian/rules b/distro/ubuntu/dms-git/debian/rules
index 2171d5c4..e105749c 100755
--- a/distro/ubuntu/dms-git/debian/rules
+++ b/distro/ubuntu/dms-git/debian/rules
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ export GOMODCACHE := $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp-home/go-mod
 export GOTOOLCHAIN := local
 
 %:
-	dh $@
+	dh $@ --with systemd
+
+override_dh_installsystemd:
+	dh_installsystemd --user --name=dms
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	# Create Go cache directories (sbuild sets HOME to non-existent path)
diff --git a/distro/ubuntu/dms/debian/rules b/distro/ubuntu/dms/debian/rules
index b3ddc510..ba045f31 100755
--- a/distro/ubuntu/dms/debian/rules
+++ b/distro/ubuntu/dms/debian/rules
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ UPSTREAM_VERSION := $(shell echo $(DEB_VERSION) | sed 's/-[^-]*$$//')
 BASE_VERSION := $(shell echo $(UPSTREAM_VERSION) | sed 's/ppa[0-9]*$$//' | sed 's/+git.*//')
 
 %:
-	dh $@
+	dh $@ --with systemd
+
+override_dh_installsystemd:
+	dh_installsystemd --user --name=dms
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	# All files are included in source package (downloaded by build-source.sh)