diff --git a/nginx-ldap-auth.service b/nginx-ldap-auth.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=LDAP authentication helper for Nginx
+After=network.target network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=nobody
+Group=nobody
+WorkingDirectory=/var/run
+PIDFile=/run/nginx-ldap-auth/nginx-ldap-auth.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/nginx-ldap-auth-daemon
+KillMode=process
+KillSignal=SIGINT
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/rpm/nginx-ldap-auth.spec b/rpm/nginx-ldap-auth.spec
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+Name:		nginx-ldap-auth
+Version:	0.0.3
+Release:	1%{?dist}
+Summary:	NGINX Plus LDAP authentication daemon
+
+Group:		System Environment/Daemons
+License:	2-clause BSD-like license
+URL:		https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-ldap-auth
+Source0:	nginx-ldap-auth-release-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires:	systemd
+Requires:	systemd
+Requires:	python-ldap
+
+%description
+Reference implementation of method for authenticating users on behalf of
+servers proxied by NGINX or NGINX Plus.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %buildroot%_bindir
+install -m755 nginx-ldap-auth-daemon.py %buildroot%_bindir/nginx-ldap-auth-daemon
+mkdir -p %buildroot%_unitdir
+install -m644 nginx-ldap-auth.service %buildroot%_unitdir/
+
+%files
+%doc README.md nginx-ldap-auth.conf backend-sample-app.py LICENSE
+%_bindir/nginx-ldap-auth-daemon
+%_unitdir/nginx-ldap-auth.service
+
+%post
+/usr/bin/systemctl preset nginx-ldap-auth.service
+
+%preun
+/usr/bin/systemctl --no-reload disable nginx-ldap-auth.service >/dev/null 2>&1 ||:
+/usr/bin/systemctl stop nginx-ldap-auth.service >/dev/null 2>&1 ||:
+
+%postun
+/usr/bin/systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 ||:
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Nov 02 2016 Konstantin Pavlov <thresh@nginx.com> 0.0.3-1
+- Initial release