diff --git a/.kitchen.yml b/.kitchen.yml
index c09bb7bd..4fd3c8d5 100644
--- a/.kitchen.yml
+++ b/.kitchen.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ platforms:
         install_dir: '/usr'
 
 suites:
+  - name: default
+    run_list:
+      - recipe[consul::default]
   - name: binary
     run_list: 
       - recipe[consul::binary_install]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b75778d..33276506 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04
     <td><tt>['consul']['version']</tt></td>
     <td>String</td>
     <td>Version to install</td>
-    <td><tt>0.1.0</tt></td>
+    <td><tt>0.2.0</tt></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><tt>['consul']['base_url']</tt></td>
@@ -28,19 +28,43 @@ Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04
     <td>Base URL for binary downloads</td>
     <td><tt>https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/</tt></td>
   </tr>
-    <tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['consul']['install_method']</tt></td>
+    <td>String</td>
+    <td>Method to install consul with when using default recipe: binary or source</td>
+    <td><tt>binary</tt></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
     <td><tt>['consul']['install_dir']</tt></td>
     <td>String</td>
     <td>Directory to install binary to.</td>
     <td><tt>/usr/local/bin</tt></td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['consul']['service_mode']</tt></td>
+    <td>String</td>
+    <td>Mode to run consul as: bootstrap, server, or client</td>
+    <td><tt>bootstrap</tt></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['consul']['data_dir']</tt></td>
+    <td>String</td>
+    <td>Location to store consul's data in</td>
+    <td><tt>/var/lib/consul</tt></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['consul']['servers']</tt></td>
+    <td>Array Strings</td>
+    <td>Consul servers to join</td>
+    <td><tt>[]</tt></td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 ## Usage
 
 ### consul::default
 
-This uses the binary installation recipe by default.
+This uses the binary installation recipe by default. It also starts consul at boot time.
 
 ### consul::binary_install
 
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 3a6755f3..e63cf107 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 default[:consul][:base_url] = 'https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/'
 default[:consul][:version] = '0.2.0'
+default[:consul][:install_method] = 'binary'
 default[:consul][:install_dir] = '/usr/local/bin'
 default[:consul][:checksums] = {
   '0.2.0_darwin_amd64' => '0a03a42fa3ea945d19152bc2429b4098a195a68f7a8f10a1b63e805f7f251fe9',
@@ -24,3 +25,8 @@
   '0.2.0_linux_amd64' => '2802ce8e173ee37e1a1e992ba230963e09d4b41ce4ac60c1222714c036787b4f',
   '0.2.0_windows_386' => '353da0b0321293d81a1e2351b7bc6902d462c6573e44a4495d1a61df6b0a0179'
 }
+
+# Service attributes
+default[:consul][:service_mode] = 'bootstrap'
+default[:consul][:data_dir] = '/var/lib/consul'
+default[:consul][:servers] = []
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index b0a5a770..ad994187 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+
+include_recipe "consul::#{ node[:consul][:install_method] }_install"
+include_recipe 'consul::service'
diff --git a/recipes/service.rb b/recipes/service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..257d9c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Determine servers to connect to
+server_conn = node[:consul][:servers].map{|s| "-join=#{s}"}.join(' ')
+
+# Determine service params
+case node[:consul][:service_mode]
+when 'bootstrap'
+  service_params = '-server -bootstrap'
+when 'server'
+  service_params = "-server #{server_conn}"
+when 'client'
+  service_params = server_conn
+else
+  raise 'node[:consul][:service_mode] must be "bootstrap", "server", or "client"'
+end
+
+template '/etc/init.d/consul' do
+  source 'consul-init.erb'
+  mode 0755
+  variables(
+    consul_binary: "#{node[:consul][:install_dir]}/consul",
+    data_dir: node[:consul][:data_dir],
+    service_params: service_params
+  )
+end
+
+service 'consul' do
+  supports status: true, restart: true
+  action [:enable, :start]
+end
diff --git a/templates/default/consul-init.erb b/templates/default/consul-init.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07fa6911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/consul-init.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          consul
+# Required-Start:    $network $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $network $remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Consul Service Discovery Platform
+# Description:       Consul is a tool for discovering and configuring services
+#                    in your infrastructure. It provides several key features:
+#                       * Service Discovery
+#                       * Health Checking
+#                       * Key/Valuye Store
+#                       * Multi Datacenter
+### END INIT INFO
+
+CMD="<%= @consul_binary %> agent <%= @service_params %> -data-dir <%= @data_dir %>"
+NAME="consul"
+
+PIDFILE="/var/run/$NAME.pid"
+LOGFILE="/var/log/$NAME.log"
+
+get_pid() {
+    cat "$PIDFILE"
+}
+
+is_running() {
+    [ -f "$PIDFILE" ] && ps `get_pid` > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+    if is_running; then
+        echo "$NAME already running"
+    else
+        echo "Starting $NAME"
+        $CMD >> "$LOGFILE" &
+        echo $! > "$PIDFILE"
+        if ! is_running; then
+            echo "Unable to start $NAME, see $LOGFILE"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    ;;
+    stop)
+    if is_running; then
+        echo -n "Stopping $NAME..."
+        kill `get_pid`
+        for i in {1..10}
+        do
+            if ! is_running; then
+                break
+            fi
+
+            echo -n "."
+            sleep 1
+        done
+        echo
+
+        if is_running; then
+            echo "$NAME not stopped; may still be shutting down or shutdown may have failed"
+            exit 1
+        else
+            echo "$NAME stopped"
+            if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then
+                rm "$PIDFILE"
+            fi
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "$NAME not running"
+    fi
+    ;;
+    restart)
+    $0 stop
+    if is_running; then
+        echo "Unable to stop $NAME, will not attempt to start"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    $0 start
+    ;;
+    status)
+    if is_running; then
+        echo "$NAME is running"
+    else
+        echo "$NAME is stopped"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+    *)
+    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/test/integration/default/bats/consul.bats b/test/integration/default/bats/consul.bats
index c789d2af..8749c56c 100755
--- a/test/integration/default/bats/consul.bats
+++ b/test/integration/default/bats/consul.bats
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
 @test "consul is installed and in the PATH" {
     which consul
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/default/serverspec/consul_spec.rb b/test/integration/default/serverspec/consul_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f208d23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/default/serverspec/consul_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe service('consul') do
+  it { should be_enabled }
+  it { should be_running }
+end
+
+[8300, 8400, 8500, 8600].each do |p|
+  describe port(p) do
+    it { should be_listening }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/default/serverspec/spec_helper.rb b/test/integration/default/serverspec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9b3d8ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/default/serverspec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require 'serverspec'
+
+include SpecInfra::Helper::Exec
+include SpecInfra::Helper::DetectOS
+
+RSpec.configure do |c|
+  c.path = '/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin'
+end