diff --git a/arcroft/build-arcroft.sh b/arcroft/build-arcroft.sh
index bba7108..922d4c5 100755
--- a/arcroft/build-arcroft.sh
+++ b/arcroft/build-arcroft.sh
@@ -144,6 +144,24 @@ mount "${loopdev}p1" /mnt/boot
 # Things are mounted now, so set mounted to 0 (bash true)
 mounted=0
 wget "${url[$imageVersion]}" -O- | bsdtar -xpf - -C /mnt
+# Create Mycroft service file
+cat << 'EOF' > /mnt/etc/systemd/system/mycroft.service
+[Unit]
+Description=Mycroft AI
+After=pulseaudio.service
+
+[Service]
+User=mycroft
+WorkingDirectory=/home/mycroft/
+ExecStart=/home/mycroft/mycroft-core/bin/mycroft-start all
+ExecStop=/home/mycroft/mycroft-core/bin/mycroft-stop
+Type=forking
+Restart=no
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
 arch-chroot /mnt << EOF
 # set up pacman
 pacman-key --init
@@ -182,8 +200,9 @@ sed '/mycroft/d' /etc/sudoers.d/wheel
 sed 's/^# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL$/%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL/' /etc/sudoers.d/wheel
 # Set the hostname
 echo mycroft > /etc/hostname
+
 # Enable services
-systemctl enable sshd
+systemctl enable mycroft sshd
 # Update fstab for Raspberry Pi 4.
 #[[ $imageVersion -eq 4 ]] && sed -i 's/mmcblk0/mmcblk1/g' /etc/fstab
 EOF