diff --git a/prog/init/sensord.service b/prog/init/sensord.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Log hardware monitoring data
+After=syslog.target
+
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/sensord
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/var/run/sensord.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sensord -i $INTERVAL -l $LOG_INTERVAL -f daemon
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target