diff --git a/net-misc/linuxptp/files/timemaster.service b/net-misc/linuxptp/files/timemaster.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f8cbae76500d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/linuxptp/files/timemaster.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=LinuxPTP NTP timemaster 
+Conflicts=chronyd.service ntpd.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/timemaster -f /etc/timemaster.conf
+ProtectHome=yes
+ProtectSystem=full
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/net-misc/linuxptp/linuxptp-2.0.ebuild b/net-misc/linuxptp/linuxptp-2.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 90%
rename from net-misc/linuxptp/linuxptp-2.0.ebuild
rename to net-misc/linuxptp/linuxptp-2.0-r1.ebuild
index 3569ecc3c6680..60e25c5dd1508 100644
--- a/net-misc/linuxptp/linuxptp-2.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/linuxptp/linuxptp-2.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-inherit linux-info toolchain-funcs
+inherit linux-info systemd toolchain-funcs
 
 DESCRIPTION="The Linux Precision Time Protocol (PTP) implementation"
 HOMEPAGE="http://linuxptp.sourceforge.net/"
@@ -38,5 +38,7 @@ src_install() {
 		libdir="${D}"/usr/$(get_libdir) \
 		install
 
+	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/timemaster.service
+
 	dodoc README.org
 }