diff --git a/cookbooks/docker/files/etc/systemd/system/vector-docker.service b/cookbooks/docker/files/etc/systemd/system/vector-docker.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6994e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/docker/files/etc/systemd/system/vector-docker.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Vector
+Documentation=https://vector.dev
+After=network-online.target
+Requires=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/vector --config /etc/vector/docker.toml
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+Restart=always
+StandardOutput=syslog
+StandardError=syslog
+SyslogIdentifier=vector
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/cookbooks/docker/setup.rb b/cookbooks/docker/setup.rb
index 56aa5a8..7745fb8 100644
--- a/cookbooks/docker/setup.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/docker/setup.rb
@@ -52,3 +52,17 @@ template '/etc/vector/docker.toml' do
 
   notifies :restart, 'service[vector-docker]'
 end
+
+# Deploy `systemd` configuration for `prometheus`:
+remote_file '/etc/systemd/system/vector-docker.service' do
+  owner  'root'
+  group  'root'
+  mode   '644'
+
+  notifies :restart, 'service[vector-docker]'
+end
+
+# Service setting:
+service 'vector-docker' do
+  action [ :enable, :restart ]
+end