diff --git a/demo/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/demo/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index d13bf4bd6..fab85be7b 100644
--- a/demo/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/demo/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ sudo usermod -aG docker vagrant
 echo "Installing Consul..."
 cd /opt/nomad
 bash scripts/install_consul.sh
+sudo install -o root /opt/nomad/demo/vagrant/consul.service /etc/systemd/system/consul.service
+sudo systemctl enable consul.service
+sudo systemctl start consul
 
 SCRIPT
 
diff --git a/demo/vagrant/consul.service b/demo/vagrant/consul.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0595346ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/vagrant/consul.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=consul agent
+Requires=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Restart=on-failure
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/consul agent -dev
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/scripts/install_consul.sh b/scripts/install_consul.sh
index 9589c965c..e2723d7b8 100755
--- a/scripts/install_consul.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_consul.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-CONSUL_VERSION="0.8.4"
+CONSUL_VERSION="0.8.5"
 CURDIR=`pwd`
 
 if [[ $(which consul >/dev/null && consul version | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2) == "v$CONSUL_VERSION" ]]; then