diff --git a/el/rtpengine.service b/el/rtpengine.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=NGCP RtpEngine - RTP Media Proxy
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+User=ngcp-rtpengine
+Group=daemon
+Environment=CFGFILE=/etc/rtpengine/rtpengine.conf
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/rtpengine
+PIDFile=/var/run/rtpengine.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rtpengine --config-file=${CFGFILE} --interface=${INTERFACE} --listen-ng=${LISTEN_UDP} --log-facility=${LOG_FACILITY} --log-level=${LOG_LEVEL}
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target