diff --git a/contrib/nghttpx.service.in b/contrib/nghttpx.service.in
index 9c7f851e..f02fb020 100644
--- a/contrib/nghttpx.service.in
+++ b/contrib/nghttpx.service.in
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Description=HTTP/2 experimental proxy
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-Type=simple
-ExecStart=@bindir@/nghttpx --errorlog-syslog
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=@bindir@/nghttpx --conf=/etc/nghttpx/nghttpx.conf --pid-file=/run/nghttpx.pid --daemon
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target