diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67962a696e..8e396d6127 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@
 /src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.h
 /src/lxc/lxc_protocol.[ch]
 /src/lxc/test_libvirtd_lxc.aug
+/src/lxc/test_virtlxcd.aug
+/src/lxc/virtlxcd.aug
+/src/lxc/virtlxcd.conf
 /src/network/test_virtnetworkd.aug
 /src/network/virtnetworkd.aug
 /src/network/virtnetworkd.conf
@@ -198,6 +201,7 @@
 /src/virtxend
 /src/virtlockd
 /src/virtlogd
+/src/virtlxcd
 /src/virtnetworkd
 /src/virtnodedevd
 /src/virtnwfilterd
diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index d1093db847..1c3d988136 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1760,6 +1760,14 @@ exit 0
 
 %if %{with_lxc}
 %files daemon-driver-lxc
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/virtlxcd.conf
+%{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/virtlxcd.aug
+%{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtlxcd.aug
+%{_unitdir}/virtlxcd.service
+%{_unitdir}/virtlxcd.socket
+%{_unitdir}/virtlxcd-ro.socket
+%{_unitdir}/virtlxcd-admin.socket
+%attr(0755, root, root) %{_sbindir}/virtlxcd
 %dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/log/libvirt/lxc/
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/lxc.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/libvirtd.lxc
diff --git a/src/lxc/Makefile.inc.am b/src/lxc/Makefile.inc.am
index 0c241fc5c1..22c582c380 100644
--- a/src/lxc/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/lxc/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -110,6 +110,69 @@ endif WITH_BLKID
 libvirt_driver_lxc_impl_la_LIBADD += $(SECDRIVER_LIBS)
 libvirt_driver_lxc_impl_la_SOURCES = $(LXC_DRIVER_SOURCES)
 
+
+sbin_PROGRAMS += virtlxcd
+
+nodist_conf_DATA += lxc/virtlxcd.conf
+augeas_DATA += lxc/virtlxcd.aug
+augeastest_DATA += lxc/test_virtlxcd.aug
+CLEANFILES += lxc/virtlxcd.aug
+
+virtlxcd_SOURCES = $(REMOTE_DAEMON_SOURCES)
+virtlxcd_CFLAGS = \
+       $(REMOTE_DAEMON_CFLAGS) \
+       -DDAEMON_NAME="\"virtlxcd\"" \
+       -DMODULE_NAME="\"lxc\"" \
+       $(NULL)
+virtlxcd_LDFLAGS = $(REMOTE_DAEMON_LD_FLAGS)
+virtlxcd_LDADD = $(REMOTE_DAEMON_LD_ADD)
+
+SYSTEMD_UNIT_FILES += \
+	virtlxcd.service \
+	virtlxcd.socket \
+	virtlxcd-ro.socket \
+	virtlxcd-admin.socket \
+	$(NULL)
+SYSTEMD_UNIT_FILES_IN += \
+	lxc/virtlxcd.service.in \
+	$(NULL)
+
+VIRTLXCD_UNIT_VARS = \
+	$(VIRTD_UNIT_VARS) \
+	-e 's|[@]name[@]|Libvirt lxc|g' \
+	-e 's|[@]service[@]|virtlxcd|g' \
+	-e 's|[@]sockprefix[@]|virtlxcd|g' \
+	$(NULL)
+
+virtlxcd.service: lxc/virtlxcd.service.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(SED) $(VIRTLXCD_UNIT_VARS) $< > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
+
+virtlxc%.socket: remote/libvirt%.socket.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(SED) $(VIRTLXCD_UNIT_VARS) $< > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
+
+lxc/virtlxcd.conf: remote/libvirtd.conf.in
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(SED) \
+		-e '/[@]CUT_ENABLE_IP[@]/,/[@]END[@]/d' \
+		-e 's/[@]DAEMON_NAME[@]/virtlxcd/' \
+		$< > $@
+
+lxc/virtlxcd.aug: remote/libvirtd.aug.in
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(SED) \
+		-e '/[@]CUT_ENABLE_IP[@]/,/[@]END[@]/d' \
+		-e 's/[@]DAEMON_NAME[@]/virtlxcd/' \
+		-e 's/[@]DAEMON_NAME_UC[@]/Virtlxcd/' \
+		$< > $@
+
+lxc/test_virtlxcd.aug: remote/test_libvirtd.aug.in \
+		lxc/virtlxcd.conf $(AUG_GENTEST)
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(AUG_GENTEST) lxc/virtlxcd.conf \
+		$(srcdir)/remote/test_libvirtd.aug.in | \
+		$(SED) \
+		-e '/[@]CUT_ENABLE_IP[@]/,/[@]END[@]/d' \
+		-e 's/[@]DAEMON_NAME[@]/virtlxcd/' \
+		-e 's/[@]DAEMON_NAME_UC[@]/Virtlxcd/' \
+		> $@ || rm -f $@
+
 libexec_PROGRAMS += libvirt_lxc
 
 libvirt_lxc_SOURCES = \
diff --git a/src/lxc/virtlxcd.service.in b/src/lxc/virtlxcd.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c732499a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lxc/virtlxcd.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Virtualization lxc daemon
+Conflicts=libvirtd.service
+Requires=virtlxcd.socket
+Requires=virtlxcd-ro.socket
+Requires=virtlxcd-admin.socket
+Wants=systemd-machined.service
+Before=libvirt-guests.service
+After=network.target
+After=dbus.service
+After=apparmor.service
+After=local-fs.target
+After=remote-fs.target
+After=systemd-logind.service
+After=systemd-machined.service
+Documentation=man:libvirtd(8)
+Documentation=https://libvirt.org
+
+[Service]
+Type=notify
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/virtlxcd --timeout 120
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+KillMode=process
+Restart=on-failure
+# At least 1 FD per guest, often 2 (eg qemu monitor + qemu agent).
+# eg if we want to support 4096 guests, we'll typically need 8192 FDs
+# If changing this, also consider virtlogd.service & virtlockd.service
+# limits which are also related to number of guests
+LimitNOFILE=8192
+# The cgroups pids controller can limit the number of tasks started by
+# the daemon, which can limit the number of domains for some hypervisors.
+# A conservative default of 8 tasks per guest results in a TasksMax of
+# 32k to support 4096 guests.
+TasksMax=32768
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Also=virtlxcd.socket
+Also=virtlxcd-ro.socket
+Also=virtlxcd-admin.socket