diff --git a/cmake/cpack/CMakeCPackOptions.cmake b/cmake/cpack/CMakeCPackOptions.cmake
index 5d50761d..0a9201e1 100644
--- a/cmake/cpack/CMakeCPackOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cpack/CMakeCPackOptions.cmake
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "DEB")
 endif()
 
 if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "RPM")
-	list(APPEND CPACK_INSTALL_COMMANDS "mkdir -p _CPack_Packages/${CPACK_TOPLEVEL_TAG}/${CPACK_GENERATOR}/${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}/etc/rc.d/init.d/")
-	list(APPEND CPACK_INSTALL_COMMANDS "cp scripts/rpm/falco _CPack_Packages/${CPACK_TOPLEVEL_TAG}/${CPACK_GENERATOR}/${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}/etc/rc.d/init.d")
+	list(APPEND CPACK_INSTALL_COMMANDS "mkdir -p _CPack_Packages/${CPACK_TOPLEVEL_TAG}/${CPACK_GENERATOR}/${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}/usr/lib/systemd/system")
+	list(APPEND CPACK_INSTALL_COMMANDS "cp scripts/rpm/falco.service _CPack_Packages/${CPACK_TOPLEVEL_TAG}/${CPACK_GENERATOR}/${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}/usr/lib/systemd/system")
 endif()
 
 if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "TGZ")
diff --git a/cmake/modules/CPackConfig.cmake b/cmake/modules/CPackConfig.cmake
index 9cacedeb..32ad1ca0 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/CPackConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/CPackConfig.cmake
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA
 )
 
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "Apache v2.0")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE, "amd64")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_URL "https://www.falco.org")
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "dkms, kernel-devel, ncurses")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "dkms, kernel-devel, ncurses, systemd")
 set(CPACK_RPM_POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/scripts/rpm/postinstall")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PRE_UNINSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/scripts/rpm/preuninstall")
 set(CPACK_RPM_POST_UNINSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/scripts/rpm/postuninstall")
@@ -59,9 +60,7 @@ set(CPACK_RPM_EXCLUDE_FROM_AUTO_FILELIST_ADDITION
     /etc
     /usr
     /usr/bin
-    /usr/share
-    /etc/rc.d
-    /etc/rc.d/init.d)
+    /usr/share)
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELOCATABLE "OFF")
 
 include(CPack)
diff --git a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b5ff731..7367282a 100644
--- a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ configure_file(rpm/postinstall.in rpm/postinstall)
 configure_file(rpm/postuninstall.in rpm/postuninstall)
 configure_file(rpm/preuninstall.in rpm/preuninstall)
 
-file(COPY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/rpm/falco"
+file(COPY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/rpm/falco.service"
 	DESTINATION "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/scripts/rpm")
 
 configure_file(falco-driver-loader falco-driver-loader @ONLY)
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/falco b/scripts/rpm/falco
deleted file mode 100755
index 05bbc5fe..00000000
--- a/scripts/rpm/falco
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2019 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.
-#
-
-#
-# falco syscall monitoring agent
-#
-# chkconfig:   2345 55 45
-# description: Falco syscall monitoring agent
-#
-
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:
-# Required-Start:
-# Required-Stop:
-# Should-Start:
-# Should-Stop:
-# Default-Start:
-# Default-Stop:
-# Short-Description:
-# Description:
-### END INIT INFO
-
-# Source function library.
-. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
-
-exec="/usr/bin/falco"
-prog="falco"
-# config="<path to major config file>"
-
-[ -e /etc/sysconfig/$prog ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$prog
-
-lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/$prog
-pidfile="/var/run/falco.pid"
-
-start() {
-    [ -x $exec ] || exit 5
-    # [ -f $config ] || exit 6
-    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
-    daemon $exec --daemon --pidfile=$pidfile
-    if [ ! -d /sys/module/falco ]; then
-        /sbin/modprobe falco || return $?
-    fi
-    retval=$?
-    echo
-    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
-    return $retval
-}
-
-stop() {
-    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
-    killproc -p $pidfile
-    retval=$?
-    echo
-    /sbin/rmmod falco
-    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
-    return $retval
-}
-
-restart() {
-    stop
-    start
-}
-
-reload() {
-    restart
-}
-
-force_reload() {
-    restart
-}
-
-rh_status() {
-    status -p $pidfile $prog
-}
-
-rh_status_q() {
-    rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1
-}
-
-
-case "$1" in
-    start)
-        rh_status_q && exit 0
-        $1
-        ;;
-    stop)
-        rh_status_q || exit 0
-        $1
-        ;;
-    restart)
-        $1
-        ;;
-    reload)
-        rh_status_q || exit 7
-        $1
-        ;;
-    force-reload)
-        force_reload
-        ;;
-    status)
-        rh_status
-        ;;
-    condrestart|try-restart)
-        rh_status_q || exit 0
-        restart
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload}"
-        exit 2
-esac
-exit $?
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/falco.service b/scripts/rpm/falco.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..973d31f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rpm/falco.service
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+[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
+PrivateTmp=true
+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/rpm/postinstall.in b/scripts/rpm/postinstall.in
index 699c27d5..eeaa46ec 100755
--- a/scripts/rpm/postinstall.in
+++ b/scripts/rpm/postinstall.in
@@ -29,5 +29,3 @@ else
 	echo -e "Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the"
 	echo -e "kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed."
 fi
-
-/sbin/chkconfig --add falco
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/postuninstall.in b/scripts/rpm/postuninstall.in
index 1d0f6809..0792e13c 100755
--- a/scripts/rpm/postuninstall.in
+++ b/scripts/rpm/postuninstall.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
 #
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-
-if [ "$1" -ge "1" ]; then
-	/sbin/service falco condrestart > /dev/null 2>&1
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/preuninstall.in b/scripts/rpm/preuninstall.in
index 3e3362ae..3dc58232 100755
--- a/scripts/rpm/preuninstall.in
+++ b/scripts/rpm/preuninstall.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
 #
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -15,10 +15,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
-	/sbin/service falco stop > /dev/null 2>&1
-	/sbin/chkconfig --del falco
-fi
-
 mod_version="@PROBE_VERSION@"
 dkms remove -m falco -v $mod_version --all --rpm_safe_upgrade