diff --git a/app-metrics/aliencat-exporter/aliencat-exporter-0.1.1.ebuild b/app-metrics/aliencat-exporter/aliencat-exporter-0.1.1.ebuild
index b8e7746..f921375 100644
--- a/app-metrics/aliencat-exporter/aliencat-exporter-0.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-metrics/aliencat-exporter/aliencat-exporter-0.1.1.ebuild
@@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ DEPEND="dev-cpp/prometheus-cpp"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="dev-util/cmake"
 
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}.initd" "${PN}"
+}
+
diff --git a/app-metrics/aliencat-exporter/files/aliencat-exporter.initd b/app-metrics/aliencat-exporter/files/aliencat-exporter.initd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77b5869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-metrics/aliencat-exporter/files/aliencat-exporter.initd
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# Copyright 2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+name="aliencat-exporter daemon"
+description=""
+command=/usr/bin/aliencat_exporter
+command_background=true
+pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
+
+depend() {
+	after net
+}