diff --git a/guest/shutdown_runner/Cargo.toml b/guest/shutdown_runner/Cargo.toml
index 564daf6..0b44baa 100644
--- a/guest/shutdown_runner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/guest/shutdown_runner/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@
 maintainer = "ferrochrome-dev@google.com"
 copyright = "2024, The Android Open Source Project"
 depends = "$auto"
+maintainer-scripts = "debian/"
+systemd-units = { }
diff --git a/guest/shutdown_runner/debian/service b/guest/shutdown_runner/debian/service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d19ff25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guest/shutdown_runner/debian/service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+After=syslog.target
+After=network.target
+After=virtiofs_internal.service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/shutdown_runner --grpc_port $(cat /mnt/internal/debian_service_port)'
+Type=simple
+User=root
+Group=root
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target