diff --git a/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml b/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..370f7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+docker_root: /var/lib/docker-compose
+docker_compose: /usr/bin/docker-compose
+docker_compose_service: compose
diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
index f8eb230..7175650 100644
--- a/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@
     state: present
     update_cache: true
 
+- name: Create docker-compose root
+  file:
+    path: "{{ docker_root }}"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: Install docker-compose systemd service
+  template:
+    src: docker-compose.service.j2
+    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/{{ docker_compose_service }}@.service"
+  register: compose_systemd
+
+- name: Reload systemd manager configuration
+  systemd:
+    daemon_reload: true
+  when: compose_systemd.changed
+
 - name: Add users to docker group
   user:
     name: "{{ item }}"
diff --git a/roles/docker/templates/docker-compose.service.j2 b/roles/docker/templates/docker-compose.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34e8188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker/templates/docker-compose.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=%i docker-compose service
+PartOf=docker.service
+After=docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=true
+WorkingDirectory={{ docker_root }}/%i
+ExecStart={{ docker_compose }} up -d --remove-orphans
+ExecStop={{ docker_compose }} down
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target