diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02f21450d..2f8fc0e1b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ package-dashboard-rpm:
 		--iteration $(iteration) \
 		--description 'Apache APISIX Dashboard is designed to make it as easy as possible for users to operate Apache APISIX through a frontend interface.'  \
 		--license "ASL 2.0" \
+		--after-install ${PWD}/deps/after-install.sh \
 		-C ${PWD}/build/rpm/output/apisix/dashboard/ \
 		-p ${PWD}/output/ \
 		--url 'https://github.com/apache/apisix-dashboard'
diff --git a/deps/after-install.sh b/deps/after-install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14febe73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/after-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+systemctl daemon-reload \
+&& systemctl enable apisix-dashboard.service \
+&& chown -R nobody: /usr/local/apisix/dashboard/logs
diff --git a/deps/apisix-dashboard.service b/deps/apisix-dashboard.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c50105b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/apisix-dashboard.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=APACHE APISIX Dashboard Service
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=nobody
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/manager-api -p /usr/local/apisix/dashboard
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dashboard.rpm b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dashboard.rpm
index d49ce7d72..3a55d89ca 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dashboard.rpm
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dashboard.rpm
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ ARG dashboard_repo="https://github.com/apache/apisix-dashboard.git"
 
 FROM ${image_base}:${image_tag}
 
+COPY ./deps/apisix-dashboard.service /tmp/build/output/apisix/dashboard/usr/lib/systemd/system/apisix-dashboard.service
+
 RUN set -x \
     # install dependency
     && yum install -y wget curl git which gcc make \
@@ -20,8 +22,9 @@ ARG checkout_v
 ARG iteration
 ARG dashboard_repo
 RUN set -x \
-    && mkdir -p /tmp/build/output/apisix/dashboard/usr/bin/ \
-    && mkdir -p /tmp/build/output/apisix/dashboard/usr/local/apisix/dashboard/ \
+    && mkdir -pv /tmp/build/output/apisix/dashboard/usr/bin/ \
+    && mkdir -pv /tmp/build/output/apisix/dashboard/usr/local/apisix/dashboard/ \
+    && mkdir -pv /tmp/build/output/apisix/dashboard/usr/lib/systemd/system \
     # config golang
     && export GO111MODULE=on \
     && export GOROOT=/usr/local/go \