diff --git a/haproxy.spec b/haproxy.spec
index b9b7f4a..5b5952e 100644
--- a/haproxy.spec
+++ b/haproxy.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 Name:           haproxy
 Version:        2.6.6
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        HAProxy reverse proxy for high availability environments
 
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Source1:        %{name}.service
 Source2:        %{name}.cfg
 Source3:        %{name}.logrotate
 Source4:        %{name}.sysconfig
-Source5:        halog.1
+Source5:        %{name}.sysusers
+Source6:        halog.1
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  lua-devel
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pcre2-devel
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  systemd-devel
 BuildRequires:  systemd
+BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  make
 
 Requires(pre):  shadow-utils
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ popd
 %{__install} -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{haproxy_confdir}/%{name}.cfg
 %{__install} -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}
 %{__install} -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}
-%{__install} -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/halog.1
+%{__install} -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/%{name}.conf
+%{__install} -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE6} %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/halog.1
 %{__install} -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{haproxy_homedir}
 %{__install} -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{haproxy_datadir}
 %{__install} -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{haproxy_confdir}/conf.d
@@ -92,12 +95,7 @@ do
 done
 
 %pre
-getent group %{haproxy_group} >/dev/null || \
-    groupadd -r %{haproxy_group}
-getent passwd %{haproxy_user} >/dev/null || \
-    useradd -r -g %{haproxy_user} -d %{haproxy_homedir} \
-    -s /sbin/nologin -c "haproxy" %{haproxy_user}
-exit 0
+%sysusers_create_compat %{SOURCE5}
 
 %post
 %systemd_post %{name}.service
@@ -126,8 +124,12 @@ exit 0
 %{_bindir}/iprange
 %{_bindir}/ip6range
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
+%{_sysusersdir}/%{name}.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 11 2022 Ryan O'Hara <rohara@redhat.com> - 2.6.6-3
+- Use systemd-sysusers (#2134206)
+
 * Tue Oct 11 2022 Ryan O'Hara <rohara@redhat.com> - 2.6.6-2
 - Remove USE_REGPARM (#2097885)
 
diff --git a/haproxy.sysusers b/haproxy.sysusers
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f17003a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy.sysusers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+u haproxy - "haproxy" /var/lib/haproxy