diff --git a/plugins/ipam/dhcp/systemd/cni-dhcp.service b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/systemd/cni-dhcp.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6d7bcea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/systemd/cni-dhcp.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=CNI DHCP service
+Documentation=https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/tree/master/plugins/ipam/dhcp
+After=network.target cni-dhcp.socket
+Requires=cni-dhcp.socket
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/opt/cni/bin/dhcp daemon
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/plugins/ipam/dhcp/systemd/cni-dhcp.socket b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/systemd/cni-dhcp.socket
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8276f91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/systemd/cni-dhcp.socket
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=CNI DHCP service socket
+Documentation=https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/tree/master/plugins/ipam/dhcp
+PartOf=cni-dhcp.service
+
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=/run/cni/dhcp.sock
+SocketMode=0660
+SocketUser=root
+SocketGroup=root
+RemoveOnStop=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sockets.target