diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/service/systemd.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/service/systemd.rb
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+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/service/systemd.rb
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+# Manage systemd services using /bin/systemctl
+
+Puppet::Type.type(:service).provide :systemd, :parent => :base do
+  desc "Manage systemd services using /bin/systemctl"
+
+  commands :systemctl => "/bin/systemctl"
+
+  #defaultfor :operatingsystem => [:redhat, :fedora, :suse, :centos, :sles, :oel, :ovm]
+
+  def self.instances
+    i = []
+    output = `systemctl list-units --full --all --no-pager`
+    output.scan(/^(\S+)\s+(loaded|error)\s+(active|inactive)\s+(active|waiting|running|plugged|mounted|dead|exited|listening|elapsed)\s*?(\S.*?)?$/i).each do |m|
+      i << m[0]
+    end
+    return i
+  rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure
+    return []
+  end
+
+  def disable
+    output = systemctl(:disable, @resource[:name])
+  rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure
+    raise Puppet::Error, "Could not disable #{self.name}: #{output}"
+  end
+
+  def enabled?
+    begin
+      systemctl("is-enabled", @resource[:name])
+    rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure
+      return :false
+    end
+
+    :true
+  end
+
+  def status
+    begin
+      output = systemctl("is-active", @resource[:name])
+    rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure
+      return :stopped
+    end
+    return :running
+  end
+
+  def enable
+    output = systemctl("enable", @resource[:name])
+  rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure
+    raise Puppet::Error, "Could not enable #{self.name}: #{output}"
+  end
+
+  def restartcmd
+    [command(:systemctl), "restart", @resource[:name]]
+  end
+
+  def startcmd
+    [command(:systemctl), "start", @resource[:name]]
+  end
+
+  def stopcmd
+    [command(:systemctl), "stop", @resource[:name]]
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/service/systemd_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/service/systemd_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/unit/provider/service/systemd_spec.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/env rspec
+#
+# Unit testing for the RedHat service Provider
+#
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:service).provider(:systemd)
+
+describe provider_class do
+  before :each do
+    @class = Puppet::Type.type(:service).provider(:redhat)
+    @resource = stub 'resource'
+    @resource.stubs(:[]).returns(nil)
+    @resource.stubs(:[]).with(:name).returns "myservice.service"
+    @provider = provider_class.new
+    @resource.stubs(:provider).returns @provider
+    @provider.resource = @resource
+  end
+
+  [:enabled?, :enable, :disable, :start, :stop, :status, :restart].each do |method|
+    it "should have a #{method} method" do
+      @provider.should respond_to(method)
+    end
+  end
+end