diff --git a/systemd/README.md b/systemd/README.md
index 3cc7c9b..1998213 100644
--- a/systemd/README.md
+++ b/systemd/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Use `coredns.service` as a systemd service file. It defaults to using a "coredns
 a homedir of `/var/lib/coredns` and the binary lives in `/usr/bin` and the config in
 `/etc/coredns/Corefile`.
 
-In order to work, the systemd unit needs a user named `coredns`, an handy way to provide
-it is to use the `systemd-sysusers` service by installing the `coredns-sysusers.conf` file in the
-`sysusers.d` folder (e.g: `/usr/lib/sysusers.d`).
+In order to work, you need to do following jobs:
+
+- Put `coredns` binary in `/usr/bin`
+- Put `Corefile` at `/etc/coredns/Corefile`
+- Put `coredns-sysusers.conf` in `/usr/lib/sysusers.d`
+- Put `coredns-tmpfiles.conf` in `/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d`
diff --git a/systemd/coredns-sysusers.conf b/systemd/coredns-sysusers.conf
index 4206b12..8bdc16c 100644
--- a/systemd/coredns-sysusers.conf
+++ b/systemd/coredns-sysusers.conf
@@ -1 +1 @@
-u coredns - "CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins " /
+u coredns - "CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins" /var/lib/coredns
diff --git a/systemd/coredns-tmpfiles.conf b/systemd/coredns-tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f7c82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/coredns-tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /var/lib/coredns 0755 coredns coredns -