diff --git a/debian/pvc-daemon.install b/debian/pvc-daemon.install
index e7183947..6895f6a5 100644
--- a/debian/pvc-daemon.install
+++ b/debian/pvc-daemon.install
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 node-daemon/pvcd.py usr/share/pvc
-node-daemon/pvcd.service lib/systemd/system
 node-daemon/pvcd.sample.yaml etc/pvc
 node-daemon/pvcd usr/share/pvc
+node-daemon/pvcd.target lib/systemd/system
+node-daemon/pvcd.service lib/systemd/system
+node-daemon/pvc-flush.service lib/systemd/system
diff --git a/debian/pvc-daemon.postinst b/debian/pvc-daemon.postinst
index 9ae80517..895a66e8 100644
--- a/debian/pvc-daemon.postinst
+++ b/debian/pvc-daemon.postinst
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Enable the service
+# Enable the service and target
 systemctl enable /lib/systemd/system/pvcd.service
+systemctl enable /lib/systemd/system/pvcd.target
 
-if systemctl is-active --quiet pvcd.service; then
-    echo "The PVC node daemon has not been restarted; this is up to the administrator."
-else
-    echo "The PVC node daemon has not been started; create a config file at /etc/pvc/pvcd.conf then start it."
+# Inform administrator of the autoflush daemon if it is not enabled
+if ! systemctl is-active --quiet pvc-flush.service; then
+    echo "The PVC autoflush daemon (pvc-flush.service) is not enabled by default; enable it to perform automatic flush/unflush actions on host shutdown/startup."
+fi
+
+# Inform administrator of the service restart/startup not occurring automatically
+if systemctl is-active --quiet pvcd.service; then
+    echo "The PVC node daemon (pvcd.service) has not been restarted; this is up to the administrator."
+else
+    echo "The PVC node daemon (pvcd.service) has not been started; create a config file at /etc/pvc/pvcd.yaml then start it."
 fi
diff --git a/debian/pvc-daemon.prerm b/debian/pvc-daemon.prerm
index 09aaa5c3..a6e8c6ab 100644
--- a/debian/pvc-daemon.prerm
+++ b/debian/pvc-daemon.prerm
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Disable the service
+# Disable the services
+systemctl disable pvc-flush.service
 systemctl disable pvcd.service
+systemctl disable pvcd.target
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvc-flush.service b/node-daemon/pvc-flush.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..814f7306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node-daemon/pvc-flush.service
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Parallel Virtual Cluster autoflush daemon
+
+[Unit]
+Description = Parallel Virtual Cluster autoflush daemon
+After = pvcd.service
+
+[Service]
+Type = oneshot
+WorkingDirectory = /usr/share/pvc
+ExecStart = /usr/bin/pvc node unflush
+ExecStop = /usr/bin/pvc node flush
+Restart = never
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy = pvcd.target
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcd.service b/node-daemon/pvcd.service
index 74dfa8d2..fd2ec8b8 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcd.service
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcd.service
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Parallel Virtual Cluster node daemon unit file
+
 [Unit]
 Description = Parallel Virtual Cluster node daemon
 After = network-online.target libvirtd.service zookeeper.service
@@ -12,4 +13,4 @@ ExecStart = /usr/share/pvc/pvcd.py
 Restart = on-failure
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy = multi-user.target
+WantedBy = pvcd.target
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcd.target b/node-daemon/pvcd.target
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96f8adb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcd.target
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Parallel Virtual Cluster startup target
+
+[Unit]
+Description = Parallel Virtual Cluster target for managing all services collectively
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy = multi-user.target