diff --git a/apache/files/httpsd.service b/apache/files/httpsd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f665e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache/files/httpsd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=The Apache HTTP Server (prefork MPM)
+After=syslog.target network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/var/run/httpd/httpsd.pid
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/httpsd
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpsd -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpsd.conf $OPTIONS -k start
+ExecReload=/usr/sbin/httpsd -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpsd.conf $OPTIONS -t
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+ExecStop=/usr/sbin/httpsd -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpsd.conf $OPTIONS -k stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/apache/manifests/redhat.pp b/apache/manifests/redhat.pp
index 1b72443..ef683fe 100644
--- a/apache/manifests/redhat.pp
+++ b/apache/manifests/redhat.pp
@@ -150,12 +150,27 @@ class apache::redhat::sslserver {
         notify  => Service["httpsd"],
     }
 
-    file { "/etc/init.d/httpsd":
-        ensure => present,
-        source => "puppet:///modules/apache/httpsd",
-        mode   => "0755",
-        owner  => root,
-        group  => root,
+    case $operatingsystem {
+        "fedora": {
+            file { "/lib/systemd/system/httpsd.service":
+                ensure => present,
+                source => "puppet:///modules/apache/httpsd.service",
+                mode   => "0644",
+                owner  => "root",
+                group  => "root",
+                before => Service["httpsd"],
+            }
+        }
+        default: {
+            file { "/etc/init.d/httpsd":
+                ensure => present,
+                source => "puppet:///modules/apache/httpsd",
+                mode   => "0755",
+                owner  => "root",
+                group  => "root",
+                before => Service["httpsd"],
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     file { "/usr/sbin/httpsd":
@@ -174,7 +189,6 @@ class apache::redhat::sslserver {
         require   => [ Package["httpd"],
                        Package["mod_ssl"],
                        File["/etc/httpd/conf/httpsd.conf"],
-                       File["/etc/init.d/httpsd"],
                        File["/usr/sbin/httpsd"], ],
     }