diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b02b40..7ad0293 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 PREFIX := /usr/local
+SYSTEMD_HOME := $(PREFIX)/lib/systemd/system
 
 all:
+.PHONY: all
 
 install:
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.d
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.daily
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.hourly
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.weekly
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.monthly
-	install -m 0644 etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.frequent $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.d/zfs-auto-snapshot
-	install etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.hourly   $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.hourly/zfs-auto-snapshot
-	install etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.daily    $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.daily/zfs-auto-snapshot
-	install etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.weekly   $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.weekly/zfs-auto-snapshot
-	install etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.monthly  $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.monthly/zfs-auto-snapshot
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man8
-	install src/zfs-auto-snapshot.8 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man8/zfs-auto-snapshot.8
-	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin
-	install src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin/zfs-auto-snapshot
+	install -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man8
+	install -m 0755 src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin/zfs-auto-snapshot
+	install -m 0644 -t $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man8 src/zfs-auto-snapshot.8
+	install -m 0644 -t $(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMD_HOME) \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-daily.service \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-daily.timer \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-frequent.service \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-frequent.timer \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-hourly.service \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-hourly.timer \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-monthly.service \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-monthly.timer \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-weekly.service \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-weekly.timer \
+		timers/zfs-auto-snapshot.target
+.PHONY: install
+
+enable:
+	systemctl enable --now zfs-auto-snapshot.target
+.PHONY: enable
diff --git a/README b/README
deleted file mode 100644
index dd3d6bc..0000000
--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-zfs-auto-snapshot:
-
-An alternative implementation of the zfs-auto-snapshot service for Linux
-that is compatible with zfs-linux and zfs-fuse.
-
-Automatically create, rotate, and destroy periodic ZFS snapshots. This is
-the utility that creates the @zfs-auto-snap_frequent, @zfs-auto-snap_hourly,
-@zfs-auto-snap_daily, @zfs-auto-snap_weekly, and @zfs-auto-snap_monthly
-snapshots if it is installed.
-
-This program is a posixly correct bourne shell script.  It depends only on
-the zfs utilities and cron, and can run in the dash shell.
-
-
-Installation:
--------------
-
-wget https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs-auto-snapshot/archive/master.zip
-unzip master.zip
-cd zfs-auto-snapshot-master
-make install
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d20f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# zfs-auto-snapshot
+
+An alternative implementation of the zfs-auto-snapshot service for Linux
+that is compatible with [ZFS on Linux](http://zfsonlinux.org/).
+
+Automatically create, rotate, and destroy periodic ZFS snapshots. This is
+the utility that creates the:
+
+* @zfs-auto-snap_frequent,
+* @zfs-auto-snap_hourly,
+* @zfs-auto-snap_daily,
+* @zfs-auto-snap_weekly, and
+* @zfs-auto-snap_monthly
+
+snapshots if it is installed.
+
+This program is a posixly correct bourne shell script.  It depends only on
+the zfs utilities and cron, and can run in the dash shell (using the scripts
+in `etc`).
+
+## Installation using cron
+
+```sh
+wget https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs-auto-snapshot/archive/master.zip
+unzip master.zip
+cd zfs-auto-snapshot-master
+make install
+```
+
+## Installation using systemd
+
+```sh
+wget https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs-auto-snapshot/archive/systemd.zip
+unzip systemd.zip
+cd zfs-auto-snapshot-systemd
+make install enable
+```
+
+### Scheduling
+
+See [systemd timers](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Timers).
+
+You can find some example `.timer` files in the `timers/` directory of this
+repo. They will be installed when you run `make install` from the `systemd`
+git branch.
+
+If you wish to edit the timers, you will find them in the
+`/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/` directory. Save the edited timers to
+`/etc/systemd/system/` directory to override the default timers.
+
+### Managing Which Pools to Snapshot
+
+By default, the script will snapshot all pools automatically, unless they
+have the `com.sun:auto-snapshot` property set to `false`.
+
+To check the status of this property for all of your pools and datasets, run
+the following command:
+
+```sh
+sudo zfs get com.sun:auto-snapshot
+```
+
+If you see an output like the following, then snapshots are enabled on this
+pool:
+
+```
+NAME     PROPERTY               VALUE                  SOURCE
+archive  com.sun:auto-snapshot  -                      -
+```
+
+To disable snapshots on this pool, issue the following command:
+
+```sh
+sudo zfs set com.sun:auto-snapshot=false archive
+```
+
+We can check with `zfs get` again, and this time our output should look like the following. If we see this, we know that snapshots have been disabled on this pool:
+
+```
+NAME     PROPERTY               VALUE                  SOURCE
+archive  com.sun:auto-snapshot  false                  local
+```
+
+To disable snapshots on a single dataset, the command is very similar:
+
+```sh
+sudo zfs set com.sun:auto-snapshot=false archive/dataset
+```
diff --git a/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.daily b/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.daily
deleted file mode 100644
index fab4e7f..0000000
--- a/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.daily
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec zfs-auto-snapshot --quiet --syslog --label=daily --keep=31 //
diff --git a/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.frequent b/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.frequent
deleted file mode 100644
index e87f818..0000000
--- a/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.frequent
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
-
-*/15 * * * * root zfs-auto-snapshot --quiet --syslog --label=frequent --keep=4  //
diff --git a/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.hourly b/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.hourly
deleted file mode 100644
index dc39e11..0000000
--- a/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.hourly
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec zfs-auto-snapshot --quiet --syslog --label=hourly --keep=24 //
diff --git a/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.monthly b/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.monthly
deleted file mode 100644
index 27e2ead..0000000
--- a/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.monthly
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec zfs-auto-snapshot --quiet --syslog --label=monthly --keep=12 //
diff --git a/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.weekly b/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.weekly
deleted file mode 100644
index 6180e2b..0000000
--- a/etc/zfs-auto-snapshot.cron.weekly
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec zfs-auto-snapshot --quiet --syslog --label=weekly --keep=8 //
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-daily.service b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-daily.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c302e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-daily.service
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=ZFS daily snapshot service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/zfs-auto-snapshot --quiet --syslog --label=daily --keep=31 //
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-daily.timer b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-daily.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e774bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-daily.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See systemd.timer and systemd.time manpages for details
+[Unit]
+Description=ZFS daily snapshot timer
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=daily
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=600
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-frequent.service b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-frequent.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e09ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-frequent.service
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Description=ZFS frequent snapshot service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/zfs-auto-snapshot --quiet --syslog --label=frequent --keep=4 //
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-frequent.timer b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-frequent.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78d3df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-frequent.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See systemd.timer and systemd.time manpages for details
+[Unit]
+Description=ZFS frequent snapshot timer
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=*:0/15
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=60
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-hourly.service b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-hourly.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f26493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-hourly.service
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=ZFS hourly snapshot service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/zfs-auto-snapshot --quiet --syslog --label=hourly --keep=24 //
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-hourly.timer b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-hourly.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d7c177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-hourly.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See systemd.timer and systemd.time manpages for details
+[Unit]
+Description=ZFS hourly snapshot timer
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=hourly
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=59
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-monthly.service b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-monthly.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db34f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-monthly.service
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Description=ZFS monthly snapshot service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/zfs-auto-snapshot --quiet --syslog --label=monthly --keep=12 //
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-monthly.timer b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-monthly.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46aecce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-monthly.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See systemd.timer and systemd.time manpages for details
+[Unit]
+Description=ZFS monthly snapshot timer
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=monthly
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=600
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-weekly.service b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-weekly.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e41d26b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-weekly.service
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=ZFS weekly snapshot service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/zfs-auto-snapshot --quiet --syslog --label=weekly --keep=8 //
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-weekly.timer b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-weekly.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ad94e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot-weekly.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=ZFS weekly snapshot timer
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=weekly
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=600
diff --git a/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot.target b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot.target
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7565694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timers/zfs-auto-snapshot.target
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# See systemd.target and systemd.unit manpages for details
+[Unit]
+Description=Automatically create, rotate, and destroy periodic ZFS snapshots.
+Requires=zfs-auto-snapshot-frequent.timer
+Requires=zfs-auto-snapshot-daily.timer
+Requires=zfs-auto-snapshot-hourly.timer
+Requires=zfs-auto-snapshot-weekly.timer
+Requires=zfs-auto-snapshot-monthly.timer
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target