diff --git a/data/lib/systemd/system/plinth.service b/data/lib/systemd/system/plinth.service
index dc17ab6b0..267d994ca 100644
--- a/data/lib/systemd/system/plinth.service
+++ b/data/lib/systemd/system/plinth.service
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 [Unit]
-Description=Plinth Web Interface
+Description=FreedomBox Service (Plinth)
 Documentation=man:plinth(1)
 After=network.target
 
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Restart=on-failure
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 User=plinth
 Group=plinth
+StandardOutput=null
+StandardError=null
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3e7bb9c85..1cde81985 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11~)
  , python3-setuptools-git
  , python3-yaml
  , xmlto
+Recommends: python3-systemd
 Standards-Version: 4.2.1
 Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/plinth
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/plinth.git
diff --git a/plinth/__main__.py b/plinth/__main__.py
index 8e4ea3544..ec71646e6 100644
--- a/plinth/__main__.py
+++ b/plinth/__main__.py
@@ -176,6 +176,17 @@ def configure_django():
         }
     }
 
+    try:
+        importlib.import_module('systemd.journal')
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        logging_configuration['handlers']['journal'] = {
+            'class': 'systemd.journal.JournalHandler'
+        }
+        logging_configuration['root']['handlers'].append('journal')
+
+
     templates = [
         {
             'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',