diff --git a/rsnapshot-daily.timer b/rsnapshot-daily.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cde795e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rsnapshot-daily.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=rsnapshot daily backup
+
+[Timer]
+# 2:00 is the clock time when to start it
+OnCalendar=2:00
+Persistent=true
+Unit=rsnapshot@daily.service
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/rsnapshot.spec b/rsnapshot.spec
index 604f242..1b9ed77 100644
--- a/rsnapshot.spec
+++ b/rsnapshot.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:          rsnapshot
 Version:       1.3.1
-Release:       2mamba
+Release:       3mamba
 Summary:       rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems
 Group:         Applications/Archiving 
 Vendor:        openmamba
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Distribution:  openmamba
 Packager:      Fabio Giani <fabio.giani@gmail.com>
 URL:           http://www.rsnapshot.org/
 Source:        http://www.rsnapshot.org/downloads/rsnapshot-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:       rsnapshot-daily.timer
+Source2:       rsnapshot@.service
 License:       GPL
 BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
@@ -36,20 +38,31 @@ Depending on your configuration, it is quite possible to set up in just a few mi
 [ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
 %makeinstall
 
+install -D -m0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/rsnapshot-daily.timer
+install -D -m0644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/rsnapshot@.service
+
+cp %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rsnapshot.conf.default %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rsnapshot.conf
+
 %clean
 [ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%{_mandir}/man1/rsnapshot.1.gz
-%{_mandir}/man1/rsnapshot-diff.1.gz
+%{_sysconfdir}/rsnapshot.conf.default
+%attr(600,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/rsnapshot.conf
+%{_bindir}/rsnapshot
+%{_bindir}/rsnapshot-diff
+%{_unitdir}/rsnapshot-daily.timer
+%{_unitdir}/rsnapshot@.service
+%{_mandir}/man1/rsnapshot.1*
+%{_mandir}/man1/rsnapshot-diff.1*
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README TODO
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/rsnapshot.conf.default
-/usr/bin/rsnapshot
-/usr/bin/rsnapshot-diff
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jun 07 2015 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.3.1-3mamba
+- provide systemd timer files
+
 * Tue Jul 16 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.3.1-2mamba
 - automatic rebuild by autodist
 
diff --git a/rsnapshot@.service b/rsnapshot@.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f66217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rsnapshot@.service
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=rsnapshot (%I) backup
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+Nice=19
+IOSchedulingClass=3
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/rsnapshot %I