diff --git audio/spotifyd/Makefile audio/spotifyd/Makefile
index 401f28427f93..5c5cced35a27 100644
--- audio/spotifyd/Makefile
+++ audio/spotifyd/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	spotifyd
 DISTVERSION=	0.2.9
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	audio
 
 MAINTAINER=	tobik@FreeBSD.org
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ GH_TUPLE=	plietar:dns-parser:1d3e5a5591bc72eb061c23bd426c4a25f2f73791:dnsparser
 		librespot-org:librespot:5d2cb32e20815f3b7879962e8af2fb9ef4c3870d:librespot \
 		plietar:rust-mdns:66a74033da6c9f1a06e7b0a29f4544fd189d6479:mdns \
 		plietar:rust-tremor:5958cc302e78f535dad90e9665da981ddff4000a:tremor
+USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 CARGO_CRATES=	adler32-1.0.3 \
 		advapi32-sys-0.2.0 \
@@ -337,7 +338,8 @@ CARGO_BUILD_ARGS=	--no-default-features
 CARGO_INSTALL_ARGS=	--no-default-features
 CARGO_TEST_ARGS=	--no-default-features
 
-PLIST_FILES=	bin/spotifyd
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/spotifyd \
+		"@sample etc/spotifyd.conf.sample"
 PORTDOCS=	README.md
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DBUS DOCS PORTAUDIO PULSEAUDIO
@@ -359,6 +361,7 @@ post-patch:
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/spotifyd
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/spotifyd.conf ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/spotifyd.conf.sample
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
diff --git audio/spotifyd/files/spotifyd.conf audio/spotifyd/files/spotifyd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df18fa86e36c
--- /dev/null
+++ audio/spotifyd/files/spotifyd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[global]
+username = user
+password = pass
diff --git audio/spotifyd/files/spotifyd.in audio/spotifyd/files/spotifyd.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cabe64bdfbcd
--- /dev/null
+++ audio/spotifyd/files/spotifyd.in
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# PROVIDE: spotifyd
+# REQUIRE: DAEMON NETWORKING
+# KEYWORD: shutdown
+
+#
+# Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf.local, /etc/rc.conf or
+# /etc/rc.conf.d/spotifyd to enable this service:
+#
+# spotifyd_enable (bool):       Set to NO by default.
+#                               Set it to "YES" to enable spotifyd.
+# spotifyd_config (str):        Set to $PREFIX/etc/spotifyd.conf by default.
+#                               Path to configuration file.
+# spotifyd_user (str):          Set to "nobody" by default.
+#                               User to run spotifyd
+
+. /etc/rc.subr
+
+name=spotifyd
+rcvar=spotifyd_enable
+start_precmd="${name}_precmd"
+
+load_rc_config $name
+
+: ${spotifyd_enable:="NO"}
+: ${spotifyd_config:="%%PREFIX%%/etc/spotifyd.conf"}
+: ${spotifyd_user:="nobody"}
+
+pidfile="/var/run/${name}/${name}.pid"
+procname="%%PREFIX%%/bin/${name}"
+command="/usr/sbin/daemon"
+command_args="-S -m 3 -s info -l daemon -p ${pidfile} ${procname} --no-daemon -c ${spotifyd_config} ${spotifyd_args}"
+
+spotifyd_precmd()
+{
+	/usr/bin/install -d -m 0755 -o ${spotifyd_user} /var/run/${name}
+}
+
+run_rc_command "$1"