diff --git a/epel-rpm-macros.spec b/epel-rpm-macros.spec
index ac377e0..4b07174 100644
--- a/epel-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/epel-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           epel-rpm-macros
 Version:        8
-Release:        26
+Release:        27
 Summary:        Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux RPM macros
 
 Group:          System Environment/Base
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ Source1:        macros.zzz-epel-override
 Source2:        gpgverify
 Source3:        pythondist.attr
 Source9:        GPL
+
+# sysusers https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/systemd/c/ced9237a14d6775a98e1a2f93880990417b4ae6e
+Source21:       macros.sysusers
+Source22:       sysusers.attr
+Source23:       sysusers.prov
+Source24:       sysusers.generate-pre.sh
+
 # misc macros
 Source150:      macros.build-constraints
 
@@ -33,11 +40,22 @@ Requires:       python2-rpm-macros
 #   instead of /usr/libexec/platform-python
 Requires:       (python-modular-rpm-macros if python3-devel)
 Suggests:       python36-rpm-macros
+#systemd additional macros https://pagure.io/epel/issue/77
+Requires: (epel-rpm-macros-systemd if systemd-rpm-macros)
 
 %description
 This package contains the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) RPM
 macros for building EPEL packages.
 
+%package systemd
+Summary:  Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux RPM macros (systemd)
+Requires: epel-rpm-macros
+Requires: systemd-rpm-macros
+
+%description systemd
+This package contains the systemd specific Extra Packages for Enterprise
+Linux (EPEL) RPM macros for building EPEL packages.
+
 %prep
 %setup -cT
 install -pm 644 %{SOURCE9} .
@@ -56,6 +74,16 @@ install -Dpm 755 %{SOURCE2} \
 install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE3} \
     %{buildroot}%{_fileattrsdir}/pythondist.attr
 
+# sysusers
+install -Dpm 0644 %{SOURCE21} \
+    %{buildroot}%{_rpmmacrodir}/macros.sysusers
+install -Dpm 0644 %{SOURCE22} \
+    %{buildroot}%{_fileattrsdir}//sysusers.attr
+install -Dpm 0755 %{SOURCE23} \
+    %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/sysusers.prov
+install -Dpm 0755 %{SOURCE24} \
+    %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/sysusers.generate-pre.sh
+
 # misc macros
 install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE150} \
     %{buildroot}%{_rpmmacrodir}/macros.build-constraints
@@ -67,11 +95,22 @@ install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE150} \
 %{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.zzz-epel-override
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/gpgverify
 %{_fileattrsdir}/pythondist.attr
+
 # misc macros
 %{_rpmmacrodir}/macros.build-constraints
 
+%files systemd
+# sysusers
+%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.sysusers
+%{_rpmconfigdir}/fileattrs/sysusers.attr
+%{_rpmconfigdir}/sysusers.prov
+%{_rpmconfigdir}/sysusers.generate-pre.sh
+
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 19 2022 Pablo Greco <pgreco@centosproject.org> - 8-27
+- Backport systemd sysusers macros from Fedora
+
 * Wed Oct 27 2021 Karolina Surma <ksurma@redhat.com> - 8-26
 - Add -t, -f, -e options to %%py_check_import which emit warning when used
 
diff --git a/macros.sysusers b/macros.sysusers
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8d8c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros.sysusers
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# RPM macros for packages creating system accounts
+#
+# Turn a sysusers.d file into macros specified by
+# https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/UsersAndGroups/#_dynamic_allocation
+
+%sysusers_requires_compat Requires(pre): shadow-utils
+
+%sysusers_create_compat() \
+%(%{_rpmconfigdir}/sysusers.generate-pre.sh %{?*}) \
+%{nil}
diff --git a/sysusers.attr b/sysusers.attr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..367c137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysusers.attr
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+%__sysusers_provides	%{_rpmconfigdir}/sysusers.prov
+%__sysusers_path	^%{_sysusersdir}/.*\\.conf$
diff --git a/sysusers.generate-pre.sh b/sysusers.generate-pre.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fd9938d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysusers.generate-pre.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script turns sysuser.d files into scriptlets mandated by Fedora
+# packaging guidelines. The general idea is to define users using the
+# declarative syntax but to turn this into traditional scriptlets.
+
+user() {
+    user="$1"
+    uid="$2"
+    desc="$3"
+    group="$4"
+    home="$5"
+    shell="$6"
+
+    [ "$desc" = '-' ] && desc=
+    { [ "$home" = '-' ] || [ "$home" = '' ]; } && home=/
+    { [ "$shell" = '-' ] || [ "$shell" = '' ]; } && shell=/sbin/nologin
+
+    if [ "$uid" = '-' ] || [ "$uid" = '' ]; then
+        cat <<EOF
+getent passwd '$user' >/dev/null || \\
+    useradd -r -g '$group' -d '$home' -s '$shell' -c '$desc' '$user'
+EOF
+    else
+        cat <<EOF
+if ! getent passwd '$user' >/dev/null ; then
+    if ! getent passwd '$uid' >/dev/null ; then
+        useradd -r -u '$uid' -g '$group' -d '$home' -s /sbin/nologin -c '$desc' '$user'
+    else
+        useradd -r -g '$group' -d '$home' -s /sbin/nologin -c '$desc' '$user'
+    fi
+fi
+
+EOF
+    fi
+}
+
+group() {
+    group="$1"
+    gid="$2"
+    if [ "$gid" = '-' ]; then
+        cat <<-EOF
+	getent group '$group' >/dev/null || groupadd -r '$group'
+	EOF
+    else
+        cat <<-EOF
+	getent group '$group' >/dev/null || groupadd -f -g '$gid' -r '$group'
+	EOF
+    fi
+}
+
+parse() {
+    while read -r line || [ -n "$line" ] ; do
+        { [ "${line:0:1}" = '#' ] || [ "${line:0:1}" = ';' ]; } && continue
+        line="${line## *}"
+        [ -z "$line" ] && continue
+        eval "arr=( $line )"
+        case "${arr[0]}" in
+            ('u')
+                group "${arr[1]}" "${arr[2]}"
+                user "${arr[1]}" "${arr[2]}" "${arr[3]}" "${arr[1]}" "${arr[4]}" "${arr[5]}"
+                # TODO: user:group support
+                ;;
+            ('g')
+                group "${arr[1]}" "${arr[2]}"
+                ;;
+            ('m')
+                group "${arr[2]}" "-"
+                user "${arr[1]}" "-" "" "${arr[2]}"
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
+for fn in "$@"; do
+    [ -e "$fn" ] || continue
+    echo "# generated from $(basename "$fn")"
+    parse <"$fn"
+done
diff --git a/sysusers.prov b/sysusers.prov
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a6eda5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysusers.prov
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+parse() {
+    while read line; do
+        [ "${line:0:1}" = '#' -o "${line:0:1}" = ';' ] && continue
+        line="${line## *}"
+        [ -z "$line" ] && continue
+        set -- $line
+        case "$1" in
+            ('u')
+                echo "user($2)"
+                echo "group($2)"
+                # TODO: user:group support
+                ;;
+            ('g')
+                echo "group($2)"
+                ;;
+            ('m')
+                echo "user($2)"
+                echo "group($3)"
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
+while read fn; do
+    parse < "$fn"
+done