diff --git a/data/etc/default/revpi-middleware b/data/etc/default/revpi-middleware
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d60ad28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/etc/default/revpi-middleware
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Additional options that are passed to revpi-middleware.
+#   add '-f /var/log/revpi-middleware.log' to write logs to own log file
+#   add '-v' or '-vv' for verbose logging
+
+DAEMON_OPTS=""
+
+# In addition to journalctl, use your own additional log file
+# DAEMON_OPTS="-f /var/log/revpi-middleware.log"
diff --git a/data/etc/logrotate/revpi-middleware b/data/etc/logrotate/revpi-middleware
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4954b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/etc/logrotate/revpi-middleware
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/var/log/revpi-middleware.log
+{
+    rotate 6
+    weekly
+    maxsize 1M
+    compress
+    delaycompress
+    missingok
+    notifempty
+    sharedscripts
+    postrotate
+        systemctl kill --signal=SIGUSR1 revpi-middleware > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    endscript
+}
diff --git a/data/systemd/before_253/revpi-middleware.service b/data/systemd/before_253/revpi-middleware.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18fd9f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/systemd/before_253/revpi-middleware.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Middleware with D-Bus interface for Revolution Pi
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/revpi-middleware
+Type=notify
+NotifyAccess=all
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/revpi-middleware $DAEMON_OPTS
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/data/systemd/from_253/revpi-middleware.service b/data/systemd/from_253/revpi-middleware.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d77a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/systemd/from_253/revpi-middleware.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Middleware with D-Bus interface for Revolution Pi
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/revpi-middleware
+Type=notify-reload
+NotifyAccess=all
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/revpi-middleware $DAEMON_OPTS
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target