diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/crashDumpMgr.service b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/crashDumpMgr.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bec36c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/crashDumpMgr.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Crash Dump Manager
+After=network.target
+Before=sshd.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=no
+ExecStart=/etc/init.d/crashDumpMgr --max-size 5Gi
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/fsmon.service b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/fsmon.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f858502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/fsmon.service
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=StarlingX Maintenance Filesystem Monitor
+After=network.target syslog.service config.service
+Before=pmon.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/etc/init.d/fsmon start
+ExecStop=/etc/init.d/fsmon stop
+ExecReload=/etc/init.d/fsmon reload
+PIDFile=/var/run/fsmond.pid
+
+# Failure handling
+TimeoutStartSec=10s
+TimeoutStopSec=10s
+
+# restarted by pmon
+Restart=no
+RestartSec=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/goenabled.service b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/goenabled.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5dd5f171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/goenabled.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=StarlingX Maintenance Goenable Ready
+After=config.service
+Before=pmon.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/etc/init.d/goenabled start
+ExecStop=/etc/init.d/goenabled stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/hostw.service b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/hostw.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b226a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/hostw.service
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=StarlingX Maintenance Host Watchdog
+After=syslog.service network.target hbsClient.service mtcClient.service sm.service fsmon.service
+
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/etc/init.d/hostw start
+ExecStop=/etc/init.d/hostw stop
+ExecReload=/etc/init.d/hostw reload
+PIDFile=/var/run/hostwd.pid
+
+# Failure handling
+TimeoutStartSec=10s
+TimeoutStopSec=10s
+
+# Auto recovery
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtcClient.service b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtcClient.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..463dee1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtcClient.service
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=StarlingX Maintenance Command Handler Client
+After=network.target syslog.service config.service
+Before=pmon.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/etc/init.d/mtcClient start
+ExecStop=/etc/init.d/mtcClient stop
+ExecReload=/etc/init.d/mtcClient reload
+PIDFile=/var/run/mtcClient.pid
+KillMode=process
+SendSIGKILL=no
+
+# Process recovery is handled by pmond if its running.
+# Delay 10 seconds to give pmond a chance to recover
+# before systemd kicks in to do it as a backup plan.
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce-hostw.install b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce-hostw.install
index 71429a2a..7bedc11f 100644
--- a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce-hostw.install
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce-hostw.install
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 etc/init.d/hostw
 etc/logrotate.d/hostw.logrotate
 etc/mtc/hostwd.conf
-lib/systemd/system/hostw.service
 usr/bin/hostwd
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce-pmon.install b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce-pmon.install
index 1e9ec0e6..6511063f 100644
--- a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce-pmon.install
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce-pmon.install
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 etc/init.d/pmon
 etc/logrotate.d/pmon.logrotate
 etc/mtc/pmond.conf
-lib/systemd/system/pmon.service
 usr/bin/pmond
 usr/lib/libamon.so
 usr/lib/libamon.so.1
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.install b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.install
index c965978e..a741dd99 100644
--- a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.install
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.install
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ etc/services.d/controller/mtcTest
 etc/services.d/storage/mtcTest
 etc/services.d/worker/mtcTest
 etc/syslog-ng/conf.d/mtce.conf
-lib/systemd/system/crashDumpMgr.service
-lib/systemd/system/fsmon.service
-lib/systemd/system/goenabled.service
-lib/systemd/system/mtcClient.service
 usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/platform/mtcAgent
 usr/bin/fsmond
 usr/bin/hbsAgent
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/pmon.service b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/pmon.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44337bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/pmon.service
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=StarlingX Maintenance Process Monitor
+After=config.service
+# The following thirdparty service files are not modified by StarlingX,
+# so add "After" clauses here rather than "Before=pmon.service" to those
+After=sshd.service acpid.service syslog-ng.service
+After=ntpd.service ptp4l.service phc2sys.service
+Before=hostw.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/etc/init.d/pmon start
+ExecStop=/etc/init.d/pmon stop
+ExecReload=/etc/init.d/pmon reload
+PIDFile=/var/run/pmond.pid
+KillMode=process
+
+# Failure handling
+TimeoutStartSec=10s
+TimeoutStopSec=10s
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=2
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/rules b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/rules
index 3c0b5d4c..3f97b909 100644
--- a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/rules
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/rules
@@ -88,15 +88,6 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	install -m 755 -p -D scripts/hwclock.sh $(MTCESHAREDIR)/hwclock.sh
 	install -m 644 -p -D scripts/hwclock.service $(MTCESHAREDIR)/hwclock.service
 
-	# systemd service files
-	install -m 755 -d $(UNITDIR)
-	install -m 644 -p -D fsmon/scripts/fsmon.service $(UNITDIR)/fsmon.service
-	install -m 644 -p -D pmon/scripts/pmon.service $(UNITDIR)/pmon.service
-	install -m 644 -p -D hostw/scripts/hostw.service $(UNITDIR)/hostw.service
-	install -m 644 -p -D scripts/crashDumpMgr.service $(UNITDIR)/crashDumpMgr.service
-	install -m 644 -p -D scripts/mtcClient.service $(UNITDIR)/mtcClient.service
-	install -m 644 -p -D scripts/goenabled.service $(UNITDIR)/goenabled.service
-
 	# go enabled script
 	install -m 755 -p -D scripts/goenabled $(INITDIR)/goenabled
 
@@ -157,11 +148,18 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	install -m 755 -d $(ROOT)/var/run
 
 override_dh_installsystemd:
+	dh_installsystemd --name crashDumpMgr
+	dh_installsystemd --name fsmon
+	dh_installsystemd --name goenabled
 	dh_installsystemd --name hbsClient
+	dh_installsystemd --name hostw
+	dh_installsystemd --name hwclock
 	dh_installsystemd --name hwmon
 	dh_installsystemd --name lmon
 	dh_installsystemd --name mtcalarm
+	dh_installsystemd --name mtcClient
 	dh_installsystemd --name mtclog
+	dh_installsystemd --name pmon
 	dh_installsystemd --name runservices
 
 override_dh_usrlocal:
diff --git a/mtce/src/fsmon/scripts/fsmon b/mtce/src/fsmon/scripts/fsmon
index 6d8abcc0..b34e468a 100644
--- a/mtce/src/fsmon/scripts/fsmon
+++ b/mtce/src/fsmon/scripts/fsmon
@@ -17,10 +17,22 @@
 # Short-Description: fsmon daemon
 ### END INIT INFO
 
-. /etc/init.d/functions
+CENTOS_FUNCTIONS="/etc/init.d/functions"
+DEBIAN_FUNCTIONS="/lib/lsb/init-functions"
+if [ ! -f ${CENTOS_FUNCTIONS} ] ; then 
+    . ${DEBIAN_FUNCTIONS}
+else 
+    . ${CENTOS_FUNCTIONS}
+fi
 
 DAEMON_NAME="fsmond"
-DAEMON="/usr/local/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH="/usr/local/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+DAEMON_DEBIAN_PATH="/usr/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+if [ ! -f ${DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH} ] ; then 
+    DAEMON=${DAEMON_DEBIAN_PATH}
+else 
+    DAEMON=${DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH}
+fi
 PIDFILE="/var/run/${DAEMON_NAME}.pid"
 
 # Linux Standard Base (LSB) Error Codes
diff --git a/mtce/src/hostw/scripts/hostw b/mtce/src/hostw/scripts/hostw
index 82a4aaf1..6872f6ca 100644
--- a/mtce/src/hostw/scripts/hostw
+++ b/mtce/src/hostw/scripts/hostw
@@ -19,10 +19,22 @@
 
 # echo "7:3:respawn:/usr/local/bin/hostwd" >> /etc/inittab
 
-. /etc/init.d/functions
+CENTOS_FUNCTIONS="/etc/init.d/functions"
+DEBIAN_FUNCTIONS="/lib/lsb/init-functions"
+if [ ! -f ${CENTOS_FUNCTIONS} ] ; then 
+    . ${DEBIAN_FUNCTIONS}
+else 
+    . ${CENTOS_FUNCTIONS}
+fi
 
 DAEMON_NAME="hostwd"
-DAEMON="/usr/local/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH="/usr/local/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+DAEMON_DEBIAN_PATH="/usr/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+if [ ! -f ${DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH} ] ; then 
+    DAEMON=${DAEMON_DEBIAN_PATH}
+else 
+    DAEMON=${DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH}
+fi
 IFACE=""
 
 if [ ! -e "$DAEMON" ] ; then
diff --git a/mtce/src/pmon/scripts/pmon b/mtce/src/pmon/scripts/pmon
index bdc3ab7d..a3ef242d 100644
--- a/mtce/src/pmon/scripts/pmon
+++ b/mtce/src/pmon/scripts/pmon
@@ -19,10 +19,22 @@
 
 # echo "7:3:respawn:/usr/local/bin/pmond" >> /etc/inittab
 
-. /etc/init.d/functions
+CENTOS_FUNCTIONS="/etc/init.d/functions"
+DEBIAN_FUNCTIONS="/lib/lsb/init-functions"
+if [ ! -f ${CENTOS_FUNCTIONS} ] ; then 
+    . ${DEBIAN_FUNCTIONS}
+else 
+    . ${CENTOS_FUNCTIONS}
+fi
 
 DAEMON_NAME="pmond"
-DAEMON="/usr/local/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH="/usr/local/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+DAEMON_DEBIAN_PATH="/usr/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+if [ ! -f ${DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH} ] ; then 
+    DAEMON=${DAEMON_DEBIAN_PATH}
+else 
+    DAEMON=${DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH}
+fi
 IFACE=""
 
 if [ ! -e "$DAEMON" ] ; then
diff --git a/mtce/src/scripts/hwclock.sh b/mtce/src/scripts/hwclock.sh
index 8adb9b8e..4ab09b02 100755
--- a/mtce/src/scripts/hwclock.sh
+++ b/mtce/src/scripts/hwclock.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@
 #               in /etc/default/rcS, or in the proper place below.
 
 # Source function library.
-. /etc/init.d/functions
+CENTOS_FUNCTIONS="/etc/init.d/functions"
+DEBIAN_FUNCTIONS="/lib/lsb/init-functions"
+if [ ! -f ${CENTOS_FUNCTIONS} ] ; then
+    . ${DEBIAN_FUNCTIONS}
+else
+    . ${CENTOS_FUNCTIONS}
+fi
 
 [ ! -x /sbin/hwclock ] && exit 0
 
diff --git a/mtce/src/scripts/mtcClient b/mtce/src/scripts/mtcClient
index 11136899..78adc60f 100644
--- a/mtce/src/scripts/mtcClient
+++ b/mtce/src/scripts/mtcClient
@@ -17,10 +17,22 @@
 # Short-Description: Maintenance Client Daemon 
 ### END INIT INFO
 
-. /etc/init.d/functions
+CENTOS_FUNCTIONS="/etc/init.d/functions"
+DEBIAN_FUNCTIONS="/lib/lsb/init-functions"
+if [ ! -f ${CENTOS_FUNCTIONS} ] ; then 
+    . ${DEBIAN_FUNCTIONS}
+else 
+    . ${CENTOS_FUNCTIONS}
+fi
 
 DAEMON_NAME="mtcClient"
-DAEMON="/usr/local/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH="/usr/local/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+DAEMON_DEBIAN_PATH="/usr/bin/${DAEMON_NAME}"
+if [ ! -f ${DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH} ] ; then 
+    DAEMON=${DAEMON_DEBIAN_PATH}
+else 
+    DAEMON=${DAEMON_CENTOS_PATH}
+fi
 PIDFILE="/var/run/${DAEMON_NAME}.pid"
 PLATFORM_CONF="/etc/platform/platform.conf"