diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a214c32..3f7731e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ sudo apt-get install -y \
     libjpeg-dev \
     libpng-dev \
     libpspell-dev \
+    libsystemd-daemon-dev \
     libreadline-dev
 
 sudo mkdir /usr/local/php7
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ CONFIGURE_STRING="--prefix=/usr/local/php7 \
                   --with-readline \
                   --with-curl \
                   --enable-fpm \
+                  --with-fpm-systemd \
                   --with-fpm-user=www-data \
                   --with-fpm-group=www-data"
 
diff --git a/conf/php7-fpm-checkconf b/conf/php7-fpm-checkconf
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dff3c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/php7-fpm-checkconf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+errors=$(/usr/local/php7/sbin/php-fpm --fpm-config /usr/local/php7/etc/php-fpm.conf -t 2>&1 | grep "\[ERROR\]" || true);
+if [ -n "$errors" ]; then
+    echo "Please fix your configuration file…"
+    echo $errors
+    exit 1
+fi
+exit 0
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diff --git a/conf/php7-fpm.service b/conf/php7-fpm.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fe8671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/php7-fpm.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=The PHP 7 FastCGI Process Manager
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=notify
+PIDFile=/var/run/php7-fpm.pid
+ExecStartPre=/usr/local/lib/php7-fpm-checkconf
+ExecStart=/usr/local/php7/sbin/php-fpm --fpm-config /usr/local/php7/etc/php-fpm.conf
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -USR2 $MAINPID
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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