diff --git a/packages/debian/configure b/packages/debian/configure
index cfe9fcb..6cd6133 100755
--- a/packages/debian/configure
+++ b/packages/debian/configure
@@ -1726,6 +1726,8 @@ ac_config_files="$ac_config_files debian/rules"
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files ../etc/systemd/system/edge.service"
 
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files ../etc/systemd/system/edge@.service"
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files ../etc/systemd/system/supernode.service"
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
@@ -2440,6 +2442,7 @@ do
     "debian/control") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES debian/control" ;;
     "debian/rules") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES debian/rules" ;;
     "../etc/systemd/system/edge.service") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES ../etc/systemd/system/edge.service" ;;
+    "../etc/systemd/system/edge@.service") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES ../etc/systemd/system/edge@.service" ;;
     "../etc/systemd/system/supernode.service") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES ../etc/systemd/system/supernode.service" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
diff --git a/packages/debian/configure.in b/packages/debian/configure.in
index 4eb56a5..168d57a 100644
--- a/packages/debian/configure.in
+++ b/packages/debian/configure.in
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES(debian/files)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(debian/control)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(debian/rules)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(../etc/systemd/system/edge.service)
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(../etc/systemd/system/edge@.service)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(../etc/systemd/system/supernode.service)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile)
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/packages/etc/systemd/system/edge@.service.in b/packages/etc/systemd/system/edge@.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42516c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/etc/systemd/system/edge@.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=n2n edge process, on %I
+After=network.target syslog.target
+Wants=
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStartPre=
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/edge /etc/n2n/edge-%i.conf -f
+Restart=on-abnormal
+RestartSec=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Alias=
diff --git a/packages/rpm/configure b/packages/rpm/configure
index 061a2e5..2e1be98 100755
--- a/packages/rpm/configure
+++ b/packages/rpm/configure
@@ -1709,6 +1709,8 @@ ac_config_files="$ac_config_files n2n.spec"
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files ../etc/systemd/system/edge.service"
 
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files ../etc/systemd/system/edge@.service"
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files ../etc/systemd/system/supernode.service"
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
@@ -2420,6 +2422,7 @@ do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "n2n.spec") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES n2n.spec" ;;
     "../etc/systemd/system/edge.service") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES ../etc/systemd/system/edge.service" ;;
+    "../etc/systemd/system/edge@.service") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES ../etc/systemd/system/edge@.service" ;;
     "../etc/systemd/system/supernode.service") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES ../etc/systemd/system/supernode.service" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
diff --git a/packages/rpm/configure.in b/packages/rpm/configure.in
index 9e274be..cddb0b4 100644
--- a/packages/rpm/configure.in
+++ b/packages/rpm/configure.in
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ AC_SUBST(REVISION)
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(n2n.spec)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(../etc/systemd/system/edge.service)
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(../etc/systemd/system/edge@.service)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(../etc/systemd/system/supernode.service)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile)
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/packages/rpm/n2n.spec.in b/packages/rpm/n2n.spec.in
index be877d2..e9dab7c 100644
--- a/packages/rpm/n2n.spec.in
+++ b/packages/rpm/n2n.spec.in
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /usr/share/man/man1/supernode.1.gz
 /usr/share/man/man8/edge.8.gz
 /usr/lib/systemd/system/edge.service
+/usr/lib/systemd/system/edge@.service
 /usr/lib/systemd/system/supernode.service
 %config(noreplace) /etc/n2n/supernode.conf
 %config(noreplace) /etc/n2n/edge.conf