diff --git a/Shorewall-core/configure b/Shorewall-core/configure
index 37f71d39d..47c63d564 100755
--- a/Shorewall-core/configure
+++ b/Shorewall-core/configure
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ if [ -z "$vendor" ]; then
 		vendor=redhat
 		;;
 	    debian|ubuntu)
-		vendor=debian
+		ls -l /sbin/init |fgrep -q systemd | vendor=debian.systemd | vendor=debian.sysvinit
 		;;
 	    opensuse)
 		vendor=suse
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if [ -z "$vendor" ]; then
 	*)
 	    if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
 		params[HOST]=debian
-		rcfile=shorewallrc.debian
+		rcfile=shorewallrc.debian.sysvinit
 	    elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
 		params[HOST]=redhat
 		rcfile=shorewallrc.redhat
diff --git a/Shorewall-core/configure.pl b/Shorewall-core/configure.pl
index f83afa03c..fd2856704 100755
--- a/Shorewall-core/configure.pl
+++ b/Shorewall-core/configure.pl
@@ -68,14 +68,16 @@ unless ( defined $vendor ) {
 	    $vendor = 'redhat';
 	} elsif ( $id eq 'opensuse' ) {
 	    $vendor = 'suse';
-	} elsif ( $id eq 'ubuntu' ) {
-	    $vendor = 'debian';
+	} elsif ( $id eq 'ubuntu' || $id eq 'debian' ) {
+	    my $init = `ls -l /sbin/init`;
+	    $vendor = $init =~ /systemd/ ? 'debian.systemd' : 'debian.sysvinit';
 	} else {
 	    $vendor = $id;
 	}
     }
 
     $params{HOST} = $vendor;
+    $params{HOST} =~ s/\..*//;
 }
 
 if ( defined $vendor ) {
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ if ( defined $vendor ) {
 } else {
     if ( -f '/etc/debian_version' ) {
 	$vendor = 'debian';
-	$rcfilename = 'shorewallrc.debian';
+	$rcfilename = 'shorewallrc.debian.sysvinit';
     } elsif ( -f '/etc/redhat-release' ){
 	$vendor = 'redhat';
 	$rcfilename = 'shorewallrc.redhat';
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ my @abbr = qw( Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec );
 if ( $vendor eq 'linux' ) {
     printf "INFO: Creating a generic Linux installation - %s %2d %04d %02d:%02d:%02d\n\n", $abbr[$localtime[4]], $localtime[3], 1900 + $localtime[5] , @localtime[2,1,0];;
 } else {
-    printf "INFO: Creating a %s-specific installation - %s %2d %04d %02d:%02d:%02d\n\n", $vendor, $abbr[$localtime[4]], $localtime[3], 1900 + $localtime[5] , @localtime[2,1,0];;
+    printf "INFO: Creating a %s-specific installation - %s %2d %04d %02d:%02d:%02d\n\n", $params{HOST}, $abbr[$localtime[4]], $localtime[3], 1900 + $localtime[5] , @localtime[2,1,0];;
 }
 
 open $rcfile, '<', $rcfilename or die "Unable to open $rcfilename for input: $!";
diff --git a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian.systemd b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian.systemd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a5c84c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian.systemd
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#
+# Debian Shorewall 4.5 rc file
+#
+BUILD=					#Default is to detect the build system
+HOST=debian
+PREFIX=/usr				#Top-level directory for shared files, libraries, etc.
+SHAREDIR=${PREFIX}/share		#Directory for arch-neutral files.
+LIBEXECDIR=${PREFIX}/share		#Directory for executable scripts.
+PERLLIBDIR=${PREFIX}/share/shorewall	#Directory to install Shorewall Perl module directory
+CONFDIR=/etc				#Directory where subsystem configurations are installed
+SBINDIR=/sbin				#Directory where system administration programs are installed
+MANDIR=${PREFIX}/share/man		#Directory where manpages are installed.
+INITDIR=				#Directory where SysV init scripts are installed.
+INITFILE=				#Name of the product's installed SysV init script
+INITSOURCE=init.debian.sh		#Name of the distributed file to be installed as the SysV init script
+ANNOTATED=				#If non-zero, annotated configuration files are installed
+SYSCONFFILE=default.debian		#Name of the distributed file to be installed in $SYSCONFDIR
+SERVICEFILE=shorewall-init.service.debian
+					#Name of the file to install in $SYSTEMD. Default is $PRODUCT.service
+SYSCONFDIR=/etc/default			#Directory where SysV init parameter files are installed
+SERVICEDIR=/lib/systemd/system		#Directory where .service files are installed (systems running systemd only)
+SPARSE=Yes				#If non-empty, only install $PRODUCT/$PRODUCT.conf in $CONFDIR
+VARLIB=/var/lib				#Directory where product variable data is stored.
+VARDIR=${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT		#Directory where product variable data is stored.
diff --git a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian.sysvinit
similarity index 87%
rename from Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian
rename to Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian.sysvinit
index 3e33930d1..0bd9e5a48 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian
+++ b/Shorewall-core/shorewallrc.debian.sysvinit
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ INITFILE=$PRODUCT                       #Name of the product's installed SysV in
 INITSOURCE=init.debian.sh               #Name of the distributed file to be installed as the SysV init script
 ANNOTATED=                              #If non-zero, annotated configuration files are installed
 SYSCONFFILE=default.debian              #Name of the distributed file to be installed in $SYSCONFDIR
-SERVICEFILE=shorewall-init.service.214.debian
-					#Name of the file to install in $SYSTEMD. Default is $PRODUCT.service
+SERVICEFILE=				#Name of the file to install in $SYSTEMD. Default is $PRODUCT.service
 SYSCONFDIR=/etc/default                 #Directory where SysV init parameter files are installed
-SERVICEDIR=/lib/systemd/system          #Directory where .service files are installed (systems running systemd only)
+SERVICEDIR=				#Directory where .service files are installed (systems running systemd only)
 SPARSE=Yes                              #If non-empty, only install $PRODUCT/$PRODUCT.conf in $CONFDIR
 VARLIB=/var/lib                         #Directory where product variable data is stored.
 VARDIR=${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT               #Directory where product variable data is stored.