diff --git a/examples/systemd/README.md b/examples/systemd/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff59a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/systemd/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Systemd Unit
+
+If you are using distribution packages you typically don't need to deal with these files.
+
+The unit file (`*.service`) in this directory are to be put into `/etc/systemd/system`.
+It needs an optional sysconfig file in `/etc/sysconfig/puppet-agent-exporter`.
+A sample file can be found in `sysconfig.puppet-agent-exporter`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/systemd/puppet-agent-exporter.service b/examples/systemd/puppet-agent-exporter.service
index 3df6b2d..3189844 100644
--- a/examples/systemd/puppet-agent-exporter.service
+++ b/examples/systemd/puppet-agent-exporter.service
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ Description=Puppet Agent Exporter
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/puppet-agent-exporter
+# Fallback when environment file does not exist
+Environment=OPTIONS=
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/puppet-agent-exporter
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/puppet-agent-exporter $OPTIONS
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=5s
 
diff --git a/examples/systemd/sysconfig.puppet-agent-exporter b/examples/systemd/sysconfig.puppet-agent-exporter
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b246db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/systemd/sysconfig.puppet-agent-exporter
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+OPTIONS="--puppet.config-section agent"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e57d6e..93324f8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1
-	golang.org/x/term v0.37.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.38.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 // indirect
 	github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8bb0915..0df5529 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1 h1:08RqriUEv8+ArZRYSTXy1LeBScaMpVSTBhCeaZYfMYc=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 h1:DzmwEr2rDGHl7lsFgAHxmNz/1NlQ7xLIrlN2h5d1eGI=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2/go.mod h1:081UH+NErpNdqlCXm3TtEran0rJZGxAYx9hb/ELlsPU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
-golang.org/x/term v0.37.0 h1:8EGAD0qCmHYZg6J17DvsMy9/wJ7/D/4pV/wfnld5lTU=
-golang.org/x/term v0.37.0/go.mod h1:5pB4lxRNYYVZuTLmy8oR2BH8dflOR+IbTYFD8fi3254=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0 h1:CvCKL8MeisomCi6qNZ+wbb0DN9E5AATixKsvNtMoMFk=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+golang.org/x/term v0.38.0 h1:PQ5pkm/rLO6HnxFR7N2lJHOZX6Kez5Y1gDSJla6jo7Q=
+golang.org/x/term v0.38.0/go.mod h1:bSEAKrOT1W+VSu9TSCMtoGEOUcKxOKgl3LE5QEF/xVg=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 h1:xHScyCOEuuwZEc6UtSOvPbAT4zRh0xcNRYekJwfqyMc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8/go.mod h1:fuxRtAxBytpl4zzqUh6/eyUujkJdNiuEkXntxiD/uRU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=