diff --git a/bundles/oidentd/files/oidentd.service b/bundles/oidentd/files/oidentd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06b9a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/oidentd/files/oidentd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=RFC 1413 compliant ident daemon
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/oidentd -i -u oident -g oident
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=2
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/bundles/oidentd/items.py b/bundles/oidentd/items.py
index 2d1f412..723f9fe 100644
--- a/bundles/oidentd/items.py
+++ b/bundles/oidentd/items.py
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ files = {
             'svc_systemd:oidentd:restart',
         },
     },
+    '/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/oidentd.service': {
+        'triggers': {
+            'action:systemd-reload',
+            'svc_systemd:oidentd:restart',
+        },
+    },
 }
 
 svc_systemd = {
@@ -12,6 +18,7 @@ svc_systemd = {
         'needs': {
             'pkg_apt:oidentd',
             'file:/etc/oidentd.conf',
+            'file:/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/oidentd.service',
         },
     },
 }
diff --git a/bundles/systemd-timers/items.py b/bundles/systemd-timers/items.py
index cbf4172..2d23c72 100644
--- a/bundles/systemd-timers/items.py
+++ b/bundles/systemd-timers/items.py
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 directories = {
-    '/usr/local/lib/systemd/system': {
-        'purge': True,
-        'triggers': {
-            'action:systemd-reload',
-        },
-    },
     '/var/lib/systemd-timer-monitored': {
         'mode': '0777',
     },
diff --git a/bundles/systemd/items.py b/bundles/systemd/items.py
index 6c8f671..83b0906 100644
--- a/bundles/systemd/items.py
+++ b/bundles/systemd/items.py
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ files = {
     },
 }
 
+directories = {
+    '/usr/local/lib/systemd/system': {
+        'purge': True,
+        'triggers': {
+            'action:systemd-reload',
+        },
+    },
+}
+
 svc_systemd = {
     'systemd-journald': {
         'needs': {