diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ba540c188..778e8dea1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
  libglibmm-2.4-dev,
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.5-dev,
  libsigc++-2.0-dev,
- libwebsocketpp-dev
+ libwebsocketpp-dev,
+ dh-systemd
 Standards-Version: 4.0.0
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/Kurento/kurento-media-server.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/Kurento/kurento-media-server
diff --git a/debian/kurento-media-server.default b/debian/kurento-media-server.default
index 177244c74..3790edfcc 100644
--- a/debian/kurento-media-server.default
+++ b/debian/kurento-media-server.default
@@ -1,109 +1,25 @@
-#!/bin/dash
-# File checked with ShellCheck: https://www.shellcheck.net/
-# shellcheck disable=SC2034 # Ignore unused variables
+# ############ BEGIN Settings for Kurento Media Server ############
 
-# This file is loaded by "/etc/init.d/kurento-media-server", the system service
-# init script that is run by the command `service kurento-media-server start`.
-#
-# Settings found in this file won't be loaded if Kurento Media Server is started
-# manually, for example by directly executing `/usr/bin/kurento-media-server`.
+# Logging level.
+# See http://doc-kurento.readthedocs.io/en/latest/features/logging.html
+GST_DEBUG_LEVEL="3"
+GST_DEBUG="Kurento*:4,kms*:4,sdp*:4,webrtc*:4,*rtpendpoint:4,rtp*handler:4,rtpsynchronizer:4,agnosticbin:4"
+GST_DEBUG_NO_COLOR=1
 
+# Path where rotating log files will be stored.
+# If this option is unset, logging will be disabled.
+# Default: Unset
+LOGS_PATH="/var/log/kurento-media-server"
 
+# Maximum file size for log files, in MB.
+# Default: 100
+LOG_FILE_SIZE=100
 
-# Service init script settings
-# ============================
+# Maximum number of log files to keep.
+# Default: 10
+NUMBER_LOG_FILES=10
 
-# If not "true", the service will refuse to start
-START_DAEMON="true"
+# Extra options
+EXTRA_OPTS=""
 
-# Arguments that will get passed directly to the KMS executable
-DAEMON_ARGS=""
-
-# Linux user that will be owner of KMS process and generated files
-DAEMON_USER="kurento"
-
-# Path where to store log files
-DAEMON_LOG_DIR="/var/log/kurento-media-server"
-
-## System-wide destination of Kernel core dump files. See:
-## https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
-##
-## Note that in Ubuntu with Apport the default pattern is:
-##     |/usr/share/apport/apport %p %s %c %d %P
-## and it only creates a one-time Crash Report in "/var/crash/". See:
-## https://doc-kurento.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/troubleshooting.html#media-server-crashes
-##
-## Uncomment this to override Apport and/or set a custom core dump destination
-## into the file "/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern":
-# DAEMON_CORE_PATTERN="/tmp/core_%e_%p_%u_%t"
-
-## Per-process max open file descriptors (set to half of system-wide max)
-## Only touch this if you are a sysadmin and/or you know what you are doing!
-DAEMON_MAX_FILES="$(( $(cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max) / 2 ))"
-
-## Per-user max threads (set to Kernel hard limit)
-## Only touch this if you are a sysadmin and/or you know what you are doing!
-## Note: This is '-u' in Bash and '-p' in POSIX shell (like Dash)
-# DAEMON_MAX_THREADS="$(ulimit -Hp)"
-
-
-
-# Debug & logging settings
-# ========================
-
-## Default recommended logging levels
-export GST_DEBUG="3,Kurento*:4,kms*:4,sdp*:4,webrtc*:4,*rtpendpoint:4,rtp*handler:4,rtpsynchronizer:4,agnosticbin:4"
-
-## Extended logging
-##
-## To investigate issues in some parts of KMS, you'll want to enable additional
-## logs. Check out KMS docs to see some of the **suggested levels**:
-## https://doc-kurento.readthedocs.io/en/latest/features/logging.html
-##
-## For convenience, some of the suggested levels are provided here:
-##
-## Extended logging: MediaFlow{In,Out} event state changes
-# export GST_DEBUG="${GST_DEBUG:-3},KurentoMediaElementImpl:5"
-##
-## Extended logging: WebRTC ICE candidate gathering
-# export GST_DEBUG="${GST_DEBUG:-3},kmsiceniceagent:5,kmswebrtcsession:5,webrtcendpoint:4"
-##
-## Extended logging: Transcoding of media
-# export GST_DEBUG="${GST_DEBUG:-3},Kurento*:5,agnosticbin*:5"
-
-## Disable colored output, so logs don't contain extraneous characters
-export GST_DEBUG_NO_COLOR=1
-
-## Output path for GStreamer debug graphs (uncomment to enable graphs)
-# export GST_DEBUG_DUMP_DOT_DIR="/tmp"
-
-## Path for rotating log files (comment to disable logs)
-export KURENTO_LOGS_PATH="$DAEMON_LOG_DIR"
-
-## Maximum file size for rotating log files, in MB (default: 100 MB)
-# export KURENTO_LOG_FILE_SIZE=100
-
-## Maximum number of rotating log files to keep (default: 10 files)
-# export KURENTO_NUMBER_LOG_FILES=10
-
-## Abort the server when underlying libs print a Warning or Critical message,
-## for example "GStreamer-WARNING" or "GStreamer-CRITICAL". This can be used to
-## obtain a Kernel core dump or a GDB backtrace, needed to solve the issue. See:
-## https://doc-kurento.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/troubleshooting.html#gstreamer-critical-messages-in-the-log
-# export G_DEBUG="fatal-warnings"
-
-
-
-# Server settings
-# ===============
-
-unset GST_PLUGIN_PATH
-
-## Path to the main configuration file for Kurento Media Server
-# export KURENTO_CONF_FILE="/etc/kurento/kurento.conf.json"
-
-## Path to the directory where Kurento modules can be found
-# export KURENTO_MODULES_PATH="/usr/lib"
-
-## Path to the directory where config files can be found for Kurento modules
-# export KURENTO_MODULES_CONFIG_PATH="/etc/kurento/modules"
+# ############ END Settings for Kurento Media Server ############
diff --git a/debian/kurento-media-server.init b/debian/kurento-media-server.init
deleted file mode 100755
index 8c8992f2b..000000000
--- a/debian/kurento-media-server.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,218 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/dash
-# File checked with ShellCheck: https://www.shellcheck.net/
-
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          kurento-media-serverd
-# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $network
-# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs
-# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: Kurento Media Server daemon
-### END INIT INFO
-
-if [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then
-  # shellcheck source=/lib/lsb/init-functions
-  . /lib/lsb/init-functions
-else
-  echo "E: /lib/lsb/init-functions not found, package lsb-base needed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Default settings
-START_DAEMON="false"
-DAEMON_ARGS=""
-DAEMON_USER="kurento"
-DAEMON_LOG_DIR="/var/log/kurento-media-server"
-
-# Load user-configurable settings
-if [ -r /etc/default/kurento-media-server ]; then
-  # shellcheck source=/etc/default/kurento-media-server
-  . /etc/default/kurento-media-server
-fi
-
-# Non-configurable settings
-DAEMON_BIN="/usr/bin/kurento-media-server"
-DAEMON_ERR_FILE="$DAEMON_LOG_DIR/errors.log"
-PID_FILE="/var/run/kurento-media-server.pid"
-
-[ "${START_DAEMON:-}" != "true" ] && {
-    log_failure_msg "Startup is disabled; enable it in /etc/default/kurento-media-server"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-[ ! -x "$DAEMON_BIN" ] && {
-    log_failure_msg "File is not executable: $DAEMON_BIN"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# Only root can start Kurento
-verify_user() {
-    [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ] || {
-        log_failure_msg "Only root can start or stop Kurento Media Server"
-        exit 1
-    }
-}
-
-start_kurento() {
-    verify_user
-
-    # Verify pid file directory exists
-    if [ ! -e /var/run ]; then
-        install -m 755 -d /var/run || {
-            log_failure_msg "Unable to access /var/run directory"
-            exit 1
-        }
-    fi
-
-    # Verify logs destination directory ($DAEMON_LOG_DIR)
-    [ -d "$DAEMON_LOG_DIR" ] || {
-        log_warning_msg "Directory '$DAEMON_LOG_DIR' does not exist"
-        install -m 755 -o "$DAEMON_USER" -d "$DAEMON_LOG_DIR" || {
-            log_failure_msg "Cannot create directory '$DAEMON_LOG_DIR'"
-            exit 1
-        }
-        log_success_msg "Created directory '$DAEMON_LOG_DIR'"
-    }
-    [ "$(stat --printf='%U' "$DAEMON_LOG_DIR")" = "$DAEMON_USER" ] || {
-        log_warning_msg "'$DAEMON_LOG_DIR' is not owned by '$DAEMON_USER'"
-        chown "$DAEMON_USER" "$DAEMON_LOG_DIR" || {
-            log_failure_msg "Cannot change owner of '$DAEMON_LOG_DIR' to '$DAEMON_USER'"
-            exit 1
-        }
-        log_success_msg "Changed owner of '$DAEMON_LOG_DIR' to '$DAEMON_USER'"
-    }
-
-    # Verify errors log file ($DAEMON_ERR_FILE)
-    [ -f "$DAEMON_ERR_FILE" ] || {
-        log_warning_msg "File '$DAEMON_ERR_FILE' does not exist"
-        install -m 644 -o "$DAEMON_USER" /dev/null "$DAEMON_ERR_FILE" || {
-            log_failure_msg "Cannot create file '$DAEMON_ERR_FILE'"
-            exit 1
-        }
-        log_success_msg "Created file '$DAEMON_ERR_FILE'"
-    }
-    [ "$(stat --printf='%U' "$DAEMON_ERR_FILE")" = "$DAEMON_USER" ] || {
-        log_warning_msg "'$DAEMON_ERR_FILE' is not owned by '$DAEMON_USER'"
-        chown "$DAEMON_USER" "$DAEMON_ERR_FILE" || {
-            log_failure_msg "Cannot change owner of '$DAEMON_ERR_FILE' to '$DAEMON_USER'"
-            exit 1
-        }
-        log_success_msg "Changed owner of '$DAEMON_ERR_FILE' to '$DAEMON_USER'"
-    }
-
-    # If set and non-null, configure Kernel core dump output pattern
-    [ -n "${DAEMON_CORE_PATTERN:-}" ] && {
-        echo "$DAEMON_CORE_PATTERN" | tee /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern >/dev/null
-    }
-
-    # Update process' resource limits
-    log_action_msg "Set Kernel resource limits for Kurento Media Server"
-
-    # Enable generation of Kernel core dumps / crash reports
-    ulimit -c unlimited || {
-        log_failure_msg "Cannot set limit: unlimited core dump size"
-        exit 1
-    }
-
-    # If set and not null, configure per-process max open file descriptors
-    [ -n "${DAEMON_MAX_FILES:-}" ] && {
-        # Maximum limit value allowed by Ubuntu: 2^20 = 1048576
-        MAXIMUM_LIMIT=1048576
-        [ "$DAEMON_MAX_FILES" -gt "$MAXIMUM_LIMIT" ] && DAEMON_MAX_FILES="$MAXIMUM_LIMIT"
-
-        ulimit -n "$DAEMON_MAX_FILES" || {
-            log_failure_msg "Cannot set limit: $DAEMON_MAX_FILES max open file descriptors"
-            exit 1
-        }
-    }
-
-    # If set and not null, configure per-user max threads
-    [ -n "${DAEMON_MAX_THREADS:-}" ] && {
-        ulimit -Sp "$DAEMON_MAX_THREADS" || {
-            log_failure_msg "Cannot set limit: $DAEMON_MAX_THREADS max threads"
-            exit 1
-        }
-    }
-
-    # Add new section in error log
-    # Note: This is "echo" Dash builtin, not the "/bin/echo" GNU command, so
-    # escape sequences can be used directly, no need to enable them
-    echo "\n\n$(date --iso-8601=seconds) -- New execution" >>"$DAEMON_ERR_FILE"
-
-    /sbin/start-stop-daemon \
-            --start \
-            --pidfile "$PID_FILE" \
-            --make-pidfile \
-            --exec "$DAEMON_BIN" \
-            --chuid "$DAEMON_USER" \
-            --background \
-            --no-close \
-            -- ${DAEMON_ARGS:-} \
-            2>>"$DAEMON_ERR_FILE" || {
-        log_warning_msg "Kurento Media Server already started"
-        return
-    }
-}
-
-stop_kurento() {
-    verify_user
-
-    /sbin/start-stop-daemon \
-            --stop \
-            --exec "$DAEMON_BIN" \
-            --pidfile "$PID_FILE" || {
-        log_failure_msg "Kurento Media Server not running"
-    }
-
-    [ -f "$PID_FILE" ] && rm -f "$PID_FILE"
-}
-
-status() {
-    log_action_begin_msg "Checking Kurento Media Server"
-
-    rc="$(pidofproc -p "$PID_FILE" "$DAEMON_BIN" >/dev/null 2>&1)"
-    if [ "$rc" -eq 0 ]; then
-        read -r pid < "$PID_FILE"
-        log_action_cont_msg "$DAEMON_BIN is running with pid $pid"
-    elif [ "$rc" -eq 1 ]; then
-        log_action_cont_msg "$DAEMON_BIN is not running but the pid file exists"
-    elif [ "$rc" -eq 3 ]; then
-        log_action_cont_msg "$DAEMON_BIN is not running"
-    else
-        log_action_cont_msg "Unable to determine $DAEMON_BIN status"
-    fi
-    log_action_end_msg "$rc"
-    return "$rc"
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-    log_daemon_msg "Start Kurento Media Server"
-    start_kurento
-    log_end_msg $?;
-    ;;
-
-  stop)
-    log_daemon_msg "Stop Kurento Media Server";
-    stop_kurento
-    log_end_msg $?;
-    ;;
-
-  restart)
-    $0 stop
-    $0 start
-    ;;
-
-  force-reload)
-    $0 stop
-    $0 start
-    ;;
-
-  status)
-    status
-    ;;
-
-  *)
-    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}" >&2
-    ;;
-esac
diff --git a/debian/kurento-media-server.service b/debian/kurento-media-server.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59bcbe9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/kurento-media-server.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Kurento Media Server daemon
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/kurento-media-server
+User=kurento
+Group=kurento
+LimitCORE=infinity
+LimitNOFILE=100000
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/kurento-media-server --gst-debug-level=${GST_DEBUG_LEVEL} --gst-debug=${GST_DEBUG} --logs-path=${LOGS_PATH} --log-file-size=${LOG_FILE_SIZE} --number-log-files=${NUMBER_LOG_FILES} ${EXTRA_OPTS}
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f1ea043b6..1acbaa06b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --parallel
+	dh $@ --parallel --with=systemd
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	export FINAL_INSTALL_DIR=/usr
diff --git a/server/ResourceManager.cpp b/server/ResourceManager.cpp
index 0c9126385..6cf17cad9 100644
--- a/server/ResourceManager.cpp
+++ b/server/ResourceManager.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ checkThreads (float limit_percent)
     std::string exMessage = oss.str();
 
     oss << " (system max: " << maxThreads << ");"
-        << " set a higher limit with `ulimit -Su`, or in the KMS service settings (/etc/default/kurento-media-server)";
+        << " set a higher limit with `ulimit -Su`, or override service settings with `systemctl edit kurento-media-server`";
     std::string logMessage = oss.str();
 
     GST_WARNING ("%s", logMessage.c_str());
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ checkOpenFiles (float limit_percent)
     std::string exMessage = oss.str();
 
     oss << " (system max: " << maxOpenFiles << ");"
-        << " set a higher limit with `ulimit -Sn`, or in the KMS service settings (/etc/default/kurento-media-server)";
+        << " set a higher limit with `ulimit -Sn`, or override service settings with `systemctl edit kurento-media-server`";
     std::string logMessage = oss.str();
 
     GST_WARNING ("%s", logMessage.c_str());