diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48aecb65..5448e813 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   * Applications which have not strictly enforced the identities may now have problems with validation and may need to be modified.
 	
 ### Minor changes:
+* Added systemd example files under example/systemd
 * Changed `plugin_init()` backend return semantics: If returns NULL, _without_ calling clicon_err(), the module is disabled.
 * Dedicated standalone xml,json,yang and xsl parser utility test programs added under lib/src/.
 * CDATA xml support (patch by David Cornejo, Netgate)
diff --git a/apps/restconf/README.md b/apps/restconf/README.md
index d6c69b89..7c5cc03e 100644
--- a/apps/restconf/README.md
+++ b/apps/restconf/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ### Installation using Nginx
 
-Define nginx config file/etc/nginx/sites-available/default
+Define nginx config file: /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
 ```
 server {
   ...
diff --git a/doc/FAQ.md b/doc/FAQ.md
index 09459599..1884a246 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ.md
+++ b/doc/FAQ.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Clixon is written in C. The plugins are written in C. The CLI
 specification uses cligen (http://cligen.se)
 
 ## How to best understand Clixon?
-Run the Clixon example, in the example directory.
+Run the Clixon example, in the [example](../example) directory.
 
 ## How do you build and install Clixon (and the example)?
 Clixon: 
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ You may also add a default method in the configuration file:
 </config>
 ```
 
+## Can I use systemd with Clixon?
+
+Yes. Systemd example files are provide for the backend and the
+restconf daemon as part of the [example](../example/systemd).
+
 ## How can I add extra XML?
 
 There are two ways to add extra XML to running database  after start. Note that this XML is not "committed" into running.
@@ -345,7 +350,7 @@ To authenticate, the callback needs to return the value 1 and supply a username.
 See [../apps/example/example_restconf.c] example_restconf_credentials() for
 an example of HTTP basic auth.
 
-## How do I write a CLI translator function
+## How do I write a CLI translator function?
 
 The CLI can perform variable translation. This is useful if you want to
 prcess the input, such as hashing, encrypting or in other way
diff --git a/example/README.md b/example/README.md
index e373476b..3622612d 100644
--- a/example/README.md
+++ b/example/README.md
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ The example contains some stubs for authorization according to [RFC8341(NACM)](h
 * A NACM backend plugin reporting the mandatory NACM state variables.
 
 
+## Systemd files
+
+Example systemd files for backend and restconf daemons are found under the systemd directory. Install them under /etc/systemd/system for example.
+
 ## Run as docker container
 
 (Note not updated)
diff --git a/example/systemd/example.service b/example/systemd/example.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bc4130d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/systemd/example.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Starts and stops a clixon example service on this system
+Wants=example_restconf.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+User=root
+RestartSec=60
+Restart=on-failure
+ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/clixon_backend -s running -f /usr/local/etc/example.xml
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/systemd/example_restconf.service b/example/systemd/example_restconf.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d47ff885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/systemd/example_restconf.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Starts and stops an example clixon restconf service on this system
+Wants=example.service
+After=example.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=www-data
+WorkingDirectory=/www-data
+Restart=on-failure
+ExecStart=/www-data/clixon_restconf -f /usr/local/etc/example.xml
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target