diff --git a/roles/php/files/php-fpm-stop.service b/roles/php/files/php-fpm-stop.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5aa49a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/php/files/php-fpm-stop.service
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Unit]
+Description="Stop php-fpm"
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/stop-php-fpm
diff --git a/roles/php/files/php-fpm-stop.timer b/roles/php/files/php-fpm-stop.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..726fb2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/php/files/php-fpm-stop.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Stop php-fpm
+
+[Timer]
+OnBootSec=2min
+OnUnitActiveSec=2min
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/php/files/php-fpm.service b/roles/php/files/php-fpm.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffce902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/php/files/php-fpm.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=The PHP FastCGI Process Manager
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=notify
+PIDFile=/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.pid
+PrivateTmp=true
+Environment="FPM_SOCKETS=/var/run/php-fpm.socket=3"
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/php-fpm --nodaemonize --pid /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.pid
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -USR2 $MAINPID
diff --git a/roles/php/files/php-fpm.socket b/roles/php/files/php-fpm.socket
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9fc386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/php/files/php-fpm.socket
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=9000
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sockets.target
diff --git a/roles/php/files/stop-php-fpm b/roles/php/files/stop-php-fpm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..178e81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/php/files/stop-php-fpm
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PID=$(cat /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.pid)
+CHILDREN=$(ps -o pid --no-headers --ppid "$PID" | wc -l)
+
+if [ $CHILDREN == "0" ]; then
+    kill "$PID"
+fi
diff --git a/roles/php/handlers/main.yml b/roles/php/handlers/main.yml
index 1723a03..8f9f88b 100644
--- a/roles/php/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-- name: restart php-fpm
+- name: stop php-fpm
   service: name=php-fpm state=restarted
+- name: Reload systemd
+  action: command systemctl daemon-reload
diff --git a/roles/php/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
index 2d4fee3..90c12c2 100644
--- a/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
 - name: install php-fpm
   pacman: name=php-fpm state=present
-- name: Enable php-fpm
-  service: name=php-fpm state=started enabled=yes
 - name: php-fpm.ini
   template: src=php-fpm.conf.j2 dest=/etc/php/php-fpm.conf mode=0644 backup=yes
-  notify: restart php-fpm
+  notify: stop php-fpm
 - name: php.ini
   template: src=php.ini.j2 dest=/etc/php/php.ini mode=0644 backup=yes
-  notify: restart php-fpm
+  notify: stop php-fpm
+- copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/systemd/system/{{ item }} mode=0644
+  with_items:
+    - php-fpm.service
+    - php-fpm.socket
+    - php-fpm-stop.timer
+    - php-fpm-stop.service
+  notify: Reload systemd
+- copy: src=stop-php-fpm dest=/usr/local/bin/stop-php-fpm mode=0755
+- shell: /usr/bin/systemctl --quiet is-active php-fpm.socket
+  register: fpm_socket_started
+  ignore_errors: True
+- name: Stop php-fpm
+  service: name=php-fpm.service state=stopped
+  when: fpm_socket_started.rc != 0
+- name: Start php-fpm socket activation
+  service: name={{item}} state=started enabled=yes
+  with_items:
+    - php-fpm.socket
+    - php-fpm-stop.timer
diff --git a/roles/php/templates/php-fpm.conf.j2 b/roles/php/templates/php-fpm.conf.j2
index 8e0d3b0..21d2f20 100644
--- a/roles/php/templates/php-fpm.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/php/templates/php-fpm.conf.j2
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ group = http
 ;                            specific port;
 ;   '/path/to/unix/socket' - to listen on a unix socket.
 ; Note: This value is mandatory.
-listen = 0.0.0.0:9000
+listen = /var/run/php-fpm.socket ; pseudo socket, will no be used really
 
 ; Set listen(2) backlog.
 ; Default Value: 65535 (-1 on FreeBSD and OpenBSD)