diff --git a/assembly.xml b/assembly.xml
index e72746bbc8..82faeedac7 100644
--- a/assembly.xml
+++ b/assembly.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
                 <include>NOTICE*</include>
                 <include>etc/restheart.yml</include>
                 <include>etc/security.yml</include>
+                <include>etc/restheartd.conf</include>
             </includes>
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
diff --git a/etc/restheartd.conf b/etc/restheartd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2f94ea09f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/restheartd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+description "restheart deamon - REST interface for mongodb"
+author      "Andrea Di Cesare <andrea@softinstigate.com>"
+
+ start on runlevel [2345]
+ stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+script
+  exec java -server -jar /vagrant/restheart-0.9.3/restheart.jar /vagrant/restheart-0.9.3/etc/restheart.yml
+end script
+