diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bd38f5409..b497b428f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 	install(FILES "misc/multicraft-xorg-icon-128.png"
 		DESTINATION "${ICONDIR}/hicolor/128x128/apps"
 		RENAME "multicraft.png")
+	install(FILES "misc/multicraftserver*service" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/systemd/system/")
+	install(FILES "misc/multicraftserver*init" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/../etc/init.d/" RENAME "multicraftserver")
+	install(FILES "misc/multicraft.logrotate" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/../etc/logrotate.d/" RENAME "multicraftserver")
 endif()
 
 if(APPLE)
diff --git a/misc/multicraft.logrotate b/misc/multicraft.logrotate
index 50d79a059..fd6c70382 100644
--- a/misc/multicraft.logrotate
+++ b/misc/multicraft.logrotate
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/var/log/minetest*.log {
+/var/log/multicraft*.log {
     copytruncate
     notifempty
     missingok
diff --git a/misc/multicraftserver b/misc/multicraftserver
deleted file mode 100755
index 641dd111c..000000000
--- a/misc/multicraftserver
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-exec @INSTALLPLACE@/multicraftserver \
-    "$@"
diff --git a/misc/multicraftserver.init b/misc/multicraftserver.init
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40b242983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/multicraftserver.init
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          minetest4-server
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $network
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $network
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Start multicraft network game server
+# Description:       dedicated game server for multicraft
+### END INIT INFO
+
+PATHBIN="@INSTALLPLACE@"
+PATHLOG="/var/log/multicraft"
+PATHETC="/etc/multicraft/muticraft.conf"
+
+PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
+NAME="multicraftserver"
+DAEMON="$NAME"
+DESC="$NAME server"
+PIDFILE="/var/run/$NAME.pid"
+BINARY="$PATHBIN/multicraftserver"
+USER="multicraft"
+DAEMON_OPTS="--config $PATHETC --logfile $PATHLOG"
+
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+# Include defaults if available
+if [ -f /etc/default/$NAME ] ; then
+    . /etc/default/$NAME
+fi
+
+multicraft_start() {
+    start-stop-daemon \
+        --start \
+        --quiet \
+        --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+        --oknodo \
+        --background \
+        --exec $BINARY \
+        --startas $DAEMON \
+        --make-pidfile --chuid $USER \
+        -- $DAEMON_OPTS > /dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
+    return 0
+}
+
+multicraft_stop() {
+    start-stop-daemon \
+        --stop \
+        --quiet \
+        --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+        --oknodo \
+        --exec $BINARY || return 1
+    rm -f $PIDFILE
+    return 0
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        log_begin_msg "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
+        multicraft_start
+        log_end_msg $?
+    ;;
+    stop)
+        log_begin_msg "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
+        multicraft_stop
+        log_end_msg $?
+    ;;
+    restart|force-reload)
+        log_begin_msg "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
+        multicraft_stop && sleep 1 && multicraft_start
+        log_end_msg $?
+    ;;
+    status)
+    status_of_proc -p "$PIDFILE" "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
+    ;;
+    *)
+    # echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
+    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/misc/multicraftserver.service b/misc/multicraftserver.service
index 1d1f0db54..f498617a0 100644
--- a/misc/multicraftserver.service
+++ b/misc/multicraftserver.service
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 Description=Multicraft multiplayer server multicraft.conf server config
 Documentation=man:multicraftserver(6)
 After=network.target
-RequiresMountsFor=/var/games/multicraftserver
+RequiresMountsFor=/var/games/multicraft
 
 [Service]
 Restart=on-failure
 User=multicraft
 Group=games
-ExecStart=/usr/lib/multicraft/multicraftserver --config /etc/multicraft/multicraft.conf --logfile /var/log/multicraft/multicraft.log
+ExecStart=@INSTALLPLACE@/multicraftserver --config /etc/multicraft/multicraft.conf --logfile /var/log/multicraft/multicraft.log
 StandardOutput=null
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/misc/multicraftserver@.service b/misc/multicraftserver@.service
index 804eed01a..a4c24a73f 100644
--- a/misc/multicraftserver@.service
+++ b/misc/multicraftserver@.service
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 Description=Multicraft multiplayer server %i.conf server config
 Documentation=man:multicraftserver(6)
 After=network.target
-RequiresMountsFor=/var/games/multicraft-server
+RequiresMountsFor=/var/games/multicraft
 
 [Service]
 Restart=on-failure
 User=multicraft
 Group=games
-ExecStart=/usr/lib/multicraft/multicraftserver --config /etc/multicraft/%i.conf --logfile /var/log/multicraft/%i.log
+ExecStart=@INSTALLPLACE@/multicraftserver --config /etc/multicraft/%i.conf --logfile /var/log/multicraft/%i.log
 StandardOutput=null
 
 [Install]