diff --git a/dev-util/gitea-runner/files/confd b/dev-util/gitea-runner/files/confd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d76d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/gitea-runner/files/confd
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+GITEA_CONFIG="/var/actrunner/gitea-runner/config.yaml"
+
+GITEA_RUNNER_OPTS=""
+
+# To run an anonymous git safely, the following user should be able to only
+# read your Git repositories. It should not be able to write to anywhere on
+# your system, esp. not the repositories.
+GITEA_RUNNER_USER="gitea-runner"
+GITEA_RUNNER_GROUP="gitea-runner"
+
diff --git a/dev-util/gitea-runner/files/initd b/dev-util/gitea-runner/files/initd
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3f89d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/gitea-runner/files/initd
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+description="gitea-runner"
+
+# directory="/var/lib/gitea-runner"
+pidfile="/run/gitea-runner.pid"
+command="/usr/bin/gitea-runner"
+command_args="daemon -c ${GITEA_CONFIG:-/etc/gitea-runner/config.yaml} ${GITEA_RUNNER_OPTS}"
+command_user="${GITEA_RUNNER_USER:-nobody}:${GITEA_RUNNER_GROUP:-nobody}"
+#start_stop_daemon_args="-e HOME= -e XDG_CONFIG_HOME="
+command_background="yes"
+output_log="/var/log/gitea-runner.log"
+error_log="/var/log/gitea-runner.err"
+
+depend() {
+	use docker network
+}
+
diff --git a/dev-util/gitea-runner/gitea-runner-3.5.0.ebuild b/dev-util/gitea-runner/gitea-runner-3.5.0.ebuild
index d061c62..8a281bf 100644
--- a/dev-util/gitea-runner/gitea-runner-3.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/gitea-runner/gitea-runner-3.5.0.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
-inherit go-module
+inherit go-module systemd
 
 DESCRIPTION="Official runner for Gitea"
 HOMEPAGE="https://gitea.com/gitea/runner"
@@ -27,7 +27,24 @@ src_compile() {
 	ego build
 }
 
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i -e 's#/usr/local/bin#/usr/bin#g' examples/systemd/${PN}.service || die "Adjusting systemd.service failed!"
+	eapply_user
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	newbin runner gitea-runner
 	dosym -r /usr/bin/gitea-runner /usr/bin/runner
+	newinitd ${FILESDIR}/initd  ${PN}
+	newconfd ${FILESDIR}/confd  ${PN}
+	systemd_dounit examples/systemd/${PN}.service
+
+	dodoc docs/*
+	dodoc README.md
+	newdoc examples/systemd/README.md systemd.md
+	newdoc examples/docker/README.md docker.md
+	newdoc examples/docker-compose/README.md docker-compose.md
+
+	insinto /etc/${PN}
+	doins internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
 }