diff --git a/roles/taiga/files/taiga-back.service b/roles/taiga/files/taiga-back.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e79504464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/taiga/files/taiga-back.service
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=taiga backend, run by gunicorn
+After=network.target
+Documentation=https://github.com/taigaio/taiga-back
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3-gunicorn -w 3 -t 60 --pythonpath=. -b 127.0.0.1:8001 taiga.wsgi
+WorkingDirectory=/home/taiga/taiga-back/
+Type=simple
+User=taiga
+Group=taiga
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/taiga/handlers/main.yml b/roles/taiga/handlers/main.yml
index 2476073f24..9503d43b2c 100644
--- a/roles/taiga/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taiga/handlers/main.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 
 - name: restart taiga-back
   service: name=taiga-back state=restarted
+
+- name: reload systemd service files
+  command: systemctl daemon-reload
diff --git a/roles/taiga/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taiga/tasks/main.yml
index 780821001c..a71ac9826c 100644
--- a/roles/taiga/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taiga/tasks/main.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@
 ### DONE with our plugin
 
 ### THEN, setup taiga-back from git
+- name: copy systemd service file in for taiga
+  copy: src=taiga-back.service dest=/usr/lib/systemd/system/taiga-back.service
+  notify: reload systemd service files
+  tags: taiga
+
 - command: sudo -u taiga git clone https://github.com/taigaio/taiga-back.git
            chdir=/home/taiga/
            creates=/home/taiga/taiga-back
@@ -129,6 +134,11 @@
             mode=0640 owner=taiga group=taiga
   notify: restart taiga-back
   tags: taiga
+
+- name: set taiga-back to start
+  service: name=taiga-back state=running enables=yes
+  tags: taiga
+
 ### DONE with taiga-back
 
 ### Getting close to the end.. setup taiga-front-dist from git