diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index c499a34e33f..05918688a5d 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(addPeerCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(upCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(signalCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(serviceCmd)
+	serviceCmd.AddCommand(runCmd) // run is a subcommand of service
 }
 
 // SetupCloseHandler handles SIGTERM signal and exits with success
diff --git a/cmd/service.go b/cmd/service.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..397899123d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kardianos/service"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func newSVCConfig() *service.Config {
+	return &service.Config{
+		Name:        "wiretrustee",
+		DisplayName: "wiretrustee",
+		Description: "This is an example Go service.",
+	}
+}
+
+var (
+	serviceCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "service",
+		Short: "manages wiretrustee service",
+		//Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		//},
+	}
+)
+
+func init() {
+}
diff --git a/cmd/service_run.go b/cmd/service_run.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b524a859476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/service_run.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kardianos/service"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type program struct {
+	cmd  *cobra.Command
+	args []string
+}
+
+var logger service.Logger
+
+func (p *program) Start(s service.Service) error {
+	// Start should not block. Do the actual work async.
+	logger.Info("Starting service") //nolint
+	go upCmd.Run(p.cmd, p.args)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (p *program) Stop(s service.Service) error {
+	stopUP <- 1
+	return nil
+}
+
+var (
+	runCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "run",
+		Short: "runs wiretrustee as service",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+
+			svcConfig := newSVCConfig()
+
+			prg := &program{
+				cmd:  cmd,
+				args: args,
+			}
+			s, err := service.New(prg, svcConfig)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			logger, err = s.Logger(nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			err = s.Run()
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Error(err) //nolint
+			}
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+func init() {
+}
diff --git a/cmd/up.go b/cmd/up.go
index bb94dbff7f5..2646c8fd30b 100644
--- a/cmd/up.go
+++ b/cmd/up.go
@@ -48,10 +48,15 @@ var (
 			//signalClient.WaitConnected()
 
 			SetupCloseHandler()
-			select {}
+			<-stopUP
+			log.Println("Receive signal to stop running")
 		},
 	}
 )
 
+// Execution control channel for stopUP signal
+var stopUP chan int
+
 func init() {
+	stopUP = make(chan int)
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1b3a90f855f..0bf432b05ef 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ go 1.16
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3
-	github.com/google/nftables v0.0.0-20201230142148-715e31cb3c31
+	github.com/kardianos/service v1.2.0
 	github.com/pion/ice/v2 v2.1.7
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.3
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0
-	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210506145944-38f3c27a63bf
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard v0.0.0-20210604143328-f9b48a961cd2
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl v0.0.0-20210506160403-92e472f520a5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4e259b40e77..b23c3b1cc89 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:9I4somxYTbIHy5NJKHRl3wXiIaQGbYVAs8BPL6v8lEs=
-github.com/google/nftables v0.0.0-20201230142148-715e31cb3c31 h1:kyEB9geFhgDyawmvavtNu9iGW9ri/iq54XTSNIEeHxI=
-github.com/google/nftables v0.0.0-20201230142148-715e31cb3c31/go.mod h1:cfspEyr/Ap+JDIITA+N9a0ernqG0qZ4W1aqMRgDZa1g=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20181206194817-3ea8567a2e57/go.mod h1:zfwlbNMJ+OItoe0UupaVj+oy1omPYYDuagoSzA8v9mc=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20190515194954-54271f7e092f/go.mod h1:zfwlbNMJ+OItoe0UupaVj+oy1omPYYDuagoSzA8v9mc=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
@@ -131,10 +129,10 @@ github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCV
 github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.0.0-20190106144839-af01ea7f8024/go.mod h1:6v2b51hI/fHJwM22ozAgKL4VKDeJcHhJFhtBdhmNjmU=
 github.com/jtolds/gls v4.20.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:QJZ7F/aHp+rZTRtaJ1ow/lLfFfVYBRgL+9YlvaHOwJU=
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.2.0/go.mod h1:SYymIcj16QtmaHHD7aYtjjsJG7VTCxuUUipMqKk8s4w=
+github.com/kardianos/service v1.2.0 h1:bGuZ/epo3vrt8IPC7mnKQolqFeYJb7Cs8Rk4PSOBB/g=
+github.com/kardianos/service v1.2.0/go.mod h1:CIMRFEJVL+0DS1a3Nx06NaMn4Dz63Ng6O7dl0qH0zVM=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EZBBE59ingxPouuu3KfxchcWSUPOHkagtvWXihfKN4Q=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
-github.com/koneu/natend v0.0.0-20150829182554-ec0926ea948d h1:MFX8DxRnKMY/2M3H61iSsVbo/n3h0MWGmWNN1UViOU0=
-github.com/koneu/natend v0.0.0-20150829182554-ec0926ea948d/go.mod h1:QHb4k4cr1fQikUahfcRVPcEXiUgFsdIstGqlurL0XL4=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
 github.com/kr/logfmt v0.0.0-20140226030751-b84e30acd515/go.mod h1:+0opPa2QZZtGFBFZlji/RkVcI2GknAs/DXo4wKdlNEc=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
@@ -151,7 +149,6 @@ github.com/mdlayher/ethtool v0.0.0-20210210192532-2b88debcdd43/go.mod h1:+t7E0lk
 github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.0.0 h1:OoHN1OdyEIkScEmRgxLEe2M9U8ClMytqA5niynLtfj0=
 github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0rJ0h4itni50A86M2kHcgS85ttZazNt7a8H2a2cw0Gc=
 github.com/mdlayher/netlink v0.0.0-20190409211403-11939a169225/go.mod h1:eQB3mZE4aiYnlUsyGGCOpPETfdQq4Jhsgf1fk3cwQaA=
-github.com/mdlayher/netlink v0.0.0-20191009155606-de872b0d824b/go.mod h1:KxeJAFOFLG6AjpyDkQ/iIhxygIUKD+vcwqcnu43w/+M=
 github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KxeJAFOFLG6AjpyDkQ/iIhxygIUKD+vcwqcnu43w/+M=
 github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.1.0/go.mod h1:H4WCitaheIsdF9yOYu8CFmCgQthAPIWZmcKp9uZHgmY=
 github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.1.1/go.mod h1:WTYpFb/WTvlRJAyKhZL5/uy69TDDpHHu2VZmb2XgV7o=
@@ -246,7 +243,6 @@ github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0 h1:1iyaYNBLmP6L0220aDnYQpo1QEV4t4hJ+xEEhhJH8j0=
 github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0/go.mod h1:cTgwzPIzzgDAYoQrMm0EdrjRUBkTqKYppBueQtXaqoE=
-github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20180720170159-13995c7128cc/go.mod h1:ZjcWmFBXmLKZu9Nxj3WKYEafiSqer2rnvPr0en9UNpI=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df h1:OviZH7qLw/7ZovXvuNyL3XQl8UFofeikI1NW1Gypu7k=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df/go.mod h1:JP3t17pCcGlemwknint6hfoeCVQrEMVwxRLRjXpq+BU=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
@@ -301,7 +297,6 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190827160401-ba9fcec4b297/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20191007182048-72f939374954/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20191028085509-fe3aa8a45271/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200202094626-16171245cfb2/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200625001655-4c5254603344/go.mod h1:/O7V0waA8r7cgGh81Ro3o1hOxt32SMVPicZroKQ2sZA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201010224723-4f7140c49acb/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
@@ -341,11 +336,11 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190624142023-c5567b49c5d0/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190826190057-c7b8b68b1456/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191008105621-543471e840be/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191029155521-f43be2a4598c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200202164722-d101bd2416d5/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201015000850-e3ed0017c211/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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