diff --git a/debian/patches/check_mk_systemd.patch b/debian/patches/check_mk_systemd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b87eb15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/check_mk_systemd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/modules/check_mk.py	2014-07-04 09:24:22.000000000 +0200
++++ b/modules/check_mk.py	2014-07-09 23:07:27.077488020 +0200
+@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
+ check_result_path                  = '/usr/local/nagios/var/spool/checkresults'
+ www_group                          = None # unset
+ nagios_startscript                 = '/etc/init.d/nagios'
++nagios_startuptype                 = 'script'
+ nagios_binary                      = '/usr/sbin/nagios'
+ nagios_config_file                 = '/etc/nagios/nagios.cfg'
+ logwatch_notes_url                 = "/nagios/logwatch.php?host=%s&file=%s"
+@@ -4710,7 +4711,10 @@
+     sys.stdout.flush()
+     if monitoring_core == "nagios":
+         os.putenv("CORE_NOVERIFY", "yes")
+-        command = nagios_startscript + " re%s 2>&1" % action
++        if nagios_startuptype == 'script':
++            command = nagios_startscript + " re%s 2>&1" % action
++        else:
++            command = nagios_startuptype + " re%s " % action + nagios_service
+     else:
+         command = "omd re%s cmc 2>&1" % action
+