diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 76c421ea..e44a5cfa 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@ sboms:
     documents:
       - '${artifact}.spdx.json'
 
+nfpms:
+  - package_name: pgedge-control-plane
+    vendor: pgEdge
+    homepage: https://www.pgedge.com
+    maintainer: pgEdge Support <support@pgedge.com>
+    description: pgEdge Control Plane
+    license: PostgreSQL License
+    formats:
+      - rpm
+    bindir: /usr/sbin
+    contents:
+      - src: packaging/pgedge-control-plane.service
+        dst: /usr/lib/systemd/system/pgedge-control-plane.service
+        type: config
+      - src: packaging/config.json
+        dst: /etc/pgedge-control-plane/config.json
+        type: config|noreplace
+
 release:
   github:
     owner: pgEdge
diff --git a/packaging/config.json b/packaging/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..223c5bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "orchestrator": "systemd",
+  "data_dir": "/var/lib/pgedge-control-plane"
+}
diff --git a/packaging/pgedge-control-plane.service b/packaging/pgedge-control-plane.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..909619e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/pgedge-control-plane.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=pgEdge Control Plane
+Documentation=https://docs.pgedge.com
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/pgedge-control-plane run --config-path /etc/pgedge-control-plane/config.json
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+StateDirectory=pgedge-control-plane
+ConfigurationDirectory=pgedge-control-plane
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target