diff --git a/changes/ticket8368 b/changes/ticket8368
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..206a76654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ticket8368
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Distribution:
+    - Include a tor.service file in contrib.dist for use with
+      systemd. Some distributions will be able to use this file unmodified;
+      others will need to tweak it, or write their own. Patch from
+      Jamie Nguyen; resolves ticket 8368.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ca7c9c0fc..c0c818757 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1561,6 +1561,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
         contrib/operator-tools/tor.logrotate
         contrib/dist/tor.sh
         contrib/dist/torctl
+        contrib/dist/tor.service
         src/config/torrc.sample
 ])
 
diff --git a/contrib/tor.service b/contrib/dist/tor.service.in
similarity index 90%
rename from contrib/tor.service
rename to contrib/dist/tor.service.in
index 2780aaa51..5d7670281 100644
--- a/contrib/tor.service
+++ b/contrib/dist/tor.service.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ After = syslog.target network.target nss-lookup.target
 
 [Service]
 Type = simple
-ExecStart = /usr/bin/tor -f /etc/tor/torrc
+ExecStart = @BINDIR@/tor -f @CONFDIR@/torrc
 ExecReload = /bin/kill -HUP ${MAINPID}
 KillSignal = SIGINT
 TimeoutSec = 30
diff --git a/contrib/include.am b/contrib/include.am
index 012079861..ede980678 100644
--- a/contrib/include.am
+++ b/contrib/include.am
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST+= \
 	contrib/dist/suse/tor.sh.in			\
 	contrib/dist/tor.sh				\
 	contrib/dist/torctl				\
+	contrib/dist/tor.service.in			\
 	contrib/operator-tools/linux-tor-prio.sh	\
 	contrib/operator-tools/tor-exit-notice.html	\
 	contrib/or-tools/exitlist			\