diff --git a/misc/dinit/nix-daemon.service.in b/misc/dinit/nix-daemon.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f26b91aaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/dinit/nix-daemon.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type      		= process
+command     	= /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix-daemon --daemon
+smooth-recovery = true
+logfile      	= /var/run/nix-daemon.log
diff --git a/misc/openrc/nix-daemon.service.in b/misc/openrc/nix-daemon.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5e3c4147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/openrc/nix-daemon.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+
+name="${RC_SVCNAME}"
+description="Nix Daemon"
+command_args_background="--daemon"
+pidfile="/var/run/nix-daemon.pid"
+command="/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix-daemon"
diff --git a/misc/runit/nix-daemon.service.in b/misc/runit/nix-daemon.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c36594e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/runit/nix-daemon.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+sv check nix >/dev/null || exit 1
+exec /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix-daemon --daemon
diff --git a/misc/shepherd/nix-daemon.service.scm b/misc/shepherd/nix-daemon.service.scm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48fc5a5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/shepherd/nix-daemon.service.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+define nix-daemon
+  (make <service>
+    #:provides '(nix-daemon)
+    #:docstring "nix-daemon, the nix package manager's daemon"
+    #:start (make-forkexec-constructor
+              '("/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix-daemon"))
+    #:stop (make-kill-destructor)
+    #:respawn? #t)
+(register-services nix-daemon)
+
+(start nix-daemon)