diff --git a/cmake/cpack/CMakeCPackOptions.cmake b/cmake/cpack/CMakeCPackOptions.cmake
index 0a9201e1..bbb37a77 100644
--- a/cmake/cpack/CMakeCPackOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cpack/CMakeCPackOptions.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "DEB")
-	list(APPEND CPACK_INSTALL_COMMANDS "mkdir -p _CPack_Packages/${CPACK_TOPLEVEL_TAG}/${CPACK_GENERATOR}/${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}/etc/init.d/")
-	list(APPEND CPACK_INSTALL_COMMANDS "cp scripts/debian/falco _CPack_Packages/${CPACK_TOPLEVEL_TAG}/${CPACK_GENERATOR}/${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}/etc/init.d")
+	list(APPEND CPACK_INSTALL_COMMANDS "mkdir -p _CPack_Packages/${CPACK_TOPLEVEL_TAG}/${CPACK_GENERATOR}/${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}/usr/lib/systemd/system")
+	list(APPEND CPACK_INSTALL_COMMANDS "cp scripts/debian/falco.service _CPack_Packages/${CPACK_TOPLEVEL_TAG}/${CPACK_GENERATOR}/${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}/usr/lib/systemd/system")
 endif()
 
 if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "RPM")
diff --git a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index 7367282a..890ccb50 100644
--- a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ configure_file(debian/postinst.in debian/postinst)
 configure_file(debian/postrm.in debian/postrm)
 configure_file(debian/prerm.in debian/prerm)
 
-file(COPY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/debian/falco"
+file(COPY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/debian/falco.service"
 	DESTINATION "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/scripts/debian")
 
 configure_file(rpm/postinstall.in rpm/postinstall)
diff --git a/scripts/debian/falco b/scripts/debian/falco
deleted file mode 100755
index f173166e..00000000
--- a/scripts/debian/falco
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
-#
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          falco
-# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
-# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
-# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: Falco syscall activity monitoring agent
-# Description:       Falco is a system activity monitoring agent
-#                    driven by system calls with support for containers.
-### END INIT INFO
-
-# Author: The Falco Authors <cncf-falco-dev@lists.cncf.io>
-
-# Do NOT "set -e"
-
-# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
-PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
-DESC="Falco"
-NAME=falco
-DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
-PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
-DAEMON_ARGS="--daemon --pidfile=$PIDFILE"
-SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
-
-# Exit if the package is not installed
-[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0
-
-# Read configuration variable file if it is present
-[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
-
-# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
-. /lib/init/vars.sh
-
-# Define LSB log_* functions.
-# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) to ensure that this file is present
-# and status_of_proc is working.
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
-#
-# Function that starts the daemon/service
-#
-do_start()
-{
-	# Return
-	#   0 if daemon has been started
-	#   1 if daemon was already running
-	#   2 if daemon could not be started
-	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
-		|| return 1
-	if [ ! -d /sys/module/falco ]; then
-		/sbin/modprobe falco || exit 1
-	fi
-	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- \
-		$DAEMON_ARGS \
-		|| return 2
-	# Add code here, if necessary, that waits for the process to be ready
-	# to handle requests from services started subsequently which depend
-	# on this one.  As a last resort, sleep for some time.
-}
-
-#
-# Function that stops the daemon/service
-#
-do_stop()
-{
-	# Return
-	#   0 if daemon has been stopped
-	#   1 if daemon was already stopped
-	#   2 if daemon could not be stopped
-	#   other if a failure occurred
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
-	RETVAL="$?"
-	[ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
-	# Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks
-	# and if the daemon is only ever run from this initscript.
-	# If the above conditions are not satisfied then add some other code
-	# that waits for the process to drop all resources that could be
-	# needed by services started subsequently.  A last resort is to
-	# sleep for some time.
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/30/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
-	[ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
-	/sbin/rmmod falco
-	# Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
-	rm -f $PIDFILE
-	return "$RETVAL"
-}
-
-#
-# Function that sends a SIGHUP to the daemon/service
-#
-do_reload() {
-	#
-	# If the daemon can reload its configuration without
-	# restarting (for example, when it is sent a SIGHUP),
-	# then implement that here.
-	#
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
-	return 0
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-	[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
-	do_start
-	case "$?" in
-		0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
-		2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
-	esac
-	;;
-  stop)
-	[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
-	do_stop
-	case "$?" in
-		0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
-		2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
-	esac
-	;;
-  status)
-	status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
-	;;
-  #reload|force-reload)
-	#
-	# If do_reload() is not implemented then leave this commented out
-	# and leave 'force-reload' as an alias for 'restart'.
-	#
-	#log_daemon_msg "Reloading $DESC" "$NAME"
-	#do_reload
-	#log_end_msg $?
-	#;;
-  restart|force-reload)
-	#
-	# If the "reload" option is implemented then remove the
-	# 'force-reload' alias
-	#
-	log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
-	do_stop
-	case "$?" in
-	  0|1)
-		do_start
-		case "$?" in
-			0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
-			1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
-			*) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
-		esac
-		;;
-	  *)
-		# Failed to stop
-		log_end_msg 1
-		;;
-	esac
-	;;
-  *)
-	#echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
-	echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
-	exit 3
-	;;
-esac
-
-:
diff --git a/scripts/debian/falco.service b/scripts/debian/falco.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a179f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/debian/falco.service
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Falco: Container Native Runtime Security
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=root
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/falco --pidfile=/var/run/falco.pid
+UMask=0077
+TimeoutSec=30
+RestartSec=15s
+#Restart=always
+Restart=on-failure
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+PrivateTmp=true
+ProtectHome=read-only
+ProtectSystem=full
+ProtectKernelTunables=true
+RestrictRealtime=true
+#RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_UNIX
+RestrictAddressFamilies=~AF_PACKET
+SystemCallFilter=~@debug @mount @cpu-emulation @obsolete @privileged
+# FIXME!
+# PANIC: unprotected error in call to Lua API (runtime code generation failed, restricted kernel?)
+# https://www.freelists.org/post/luajit/luajit-crashes-with-grsec-kernel,1
+# MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true
+# PrivateMounts=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/scripts/debian/postinst.in b/scripts/debian/postinst.in
index c73611e1..26314162 100755
--- a/scripts/debian/postinst.in
+++ b/scripts/debian/postinst.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
 #
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -41,8 +41,3 @@ case "$1" in
 		fi
 	;;
 esac
-
-if [ -x "/etc/init.d/$NAME" ]; then
-		update-rc.d $NAME defaults >/dev/null
-fi
-
diff --git a/scripts/debian/postrm.in b/scripts/debian/postrm.in
index 1dd2783d..0d0dea3a 100755
--- a/scripts/debian/postrm.in
+++ b/scripts/debian/postrm.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
 #
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -15,10 +15,3 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-set -e
-
-NAME=falco
-
-if [ "$1" = "purge" ] ; then
-	update-rc.d $NAME remove >/dev/null
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/debian/prerm.in b/scripts/debian/prerm.in
index 62625c5e..81d8c8b8 100755
--- a/scripts/debian/prerm.in
+++ b/scripts/debian/prerm.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
 #
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -17,16 +17,6 @@
 #
 set -e
 
-NAME="@PACKAGE_NAME@"
-
-if [ -x "/etc/init.d/$NAME" ]; then
-		if [ -x "`which invoke-rc.d 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
-				invoke-rc.d $NAME stop || exit $?
-		else
-				/etc/init.d/$NAME stop || exit $?
-		fi
-fi
-
 DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME="@PACKAGE_NAME@"
 DKMS_VERSION="@PROBE_VERSION@"
 
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/falco.service b/scripts/rpm/falco.service
index 973d31f9..1a179f3e 100644
--- a/scripts/rpm/falco.service
+++ b/scripts/rpm/falco.service
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ TimeoutSec=30
 RestartSec=15s
 #Restart=always
 Restart=on-failure
-PrivateTmp=true
 NoNewPrivileges=yes
 PrivateTmp=true
 ProtectHome=read-only