diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d324e1f..c079598 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ WIN_SRC = win_service.c
 OBJ = $(SRC:.c=.o)
 WIN_OBJ = $(WIN_SRC:.c=.o)
 
+PREFIX := /usr/local
+INSTALL_DIR := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
+
 all: $(TARGET)
 
 $(TARGET): $(OBJ)
@@ -23,3 +26,7 @@ windows: $(OBJ) $(WIN_OBJ)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(TARGET) $(TARGET).exe $(OBJ) $(WIN_OBJ)
+
+install: $(TARGET)
+	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)
+	install -m 755 $(TARGET) $(INSTALL_DIR)
diff --git a/dist/linux/README.md b/dist/linux/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96db4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/linux/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Installing on Linux
+
+## Building
+```sh
+cd byedpi/
+make
+sudo make install
+```
+
+## Systemd Service (optional)
+
+Copy and enable the service:
+
+```sh
+cp byedpi.service ~/.config/systemd/user/
+systemctl --user daemon-reload
+systemctl --user enable byedpi.service
+systemctl --user start byedpi.service
+```
+
+You should see the service now marked as "active":
+```sh
+systemctl --user status byedpi.service
+```
diff --git a/dist/linux/byedpi.service b/dist/linux/byedpi.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af986ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/linux/byedpi.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=byedpi
+Documentation=https://github.com/hufrea/byedpi
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=ciadpi --split 1 --disorder 3+s --mod-http=h,d --auto=torst --tlsrec 1+s
+TimeoutStopSec=5s
+LimitNOFILE=1048576
+LimitNPROC=512
+PrivateTmp=true
+ProtectSystem=full
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
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