diff --git a/files/fail2ban-tmpfiles.conf b/files/fail2ban-tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fd783f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/fail2ban-tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+D /var/run/fail2ban 0755 root root -
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/fail2ban.service b/files/fail2ban.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c44042b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/fail2ban.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Fail2ban Service
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client -x start
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client stop
+ExecReload=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client reload
+PIDFile=/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target