diff --git a/httpd.service b/httpd.service
index 307666c..52502b8 100644
--- a/httpd.service
+++ b/httpd.service
@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
+# It's not recommended to modify this file in-place, because it will be
+# overwritten during package upgrades.  If you want to customize, the best
+# way is to create a file "/etc/systemd/system/httpd.service",
+# containing
+#   .include /lib/systemd/system/httpd.service
+#   ...make your changes here...
+# For more info about custom unit files, see
+# http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd#How_do_I_customize_a_unit_file.2F_add_a_custom_unit_file.3F
+
+# For example, to pass additional options (for instance, -D definitions) to the
+# httpd binary at startup, you need to create a file named
+# "/etc/systemd/system/httpd.service" containing:
+#	.include /lib/systemd/system/httpd.service
+#	[Service]
+#	Environment=OPTIONS=-DMY_DEFINE
+
 [Unit]
 Description=The Apache HTTP Server
 After=network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
-EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/httpd
+Environment=LANG=C
+
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -DFOREGROUND
 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -k graceful
 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -k graceful-stop
diff --git a/httpd.spec b/httpd.spec
index 20c1ec2..a554921 100644
--- a/httpd.spec
+++ b/httpd.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 Summary: Apache HTTP Server
 Name: httpd
 Version: 2.4.4
-Release: 6%{?dist}
+Release: 7%{?dist}
 URL: http://httpd.apache.org/
 Source0: http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: index.html
@@ -616,6 +616,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.httpd
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 24 2013 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza@redhat.com> - 2.4.4-7
+- ignore /etc/sysconfig/httpd and document systemd way of setting env variables
+  in this file
+
 * Mon May 20 2013 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza@redhat.com> - 2.4.4-6
 - htpasswd/htdbm: fix hash generation bug (#956344)
 - do not dump vhosts twice in httpd -S output (#928761)
diff --git a/httpd.sysconf b/httpd.sysconf
index 1b38411..44a8246 100644
--- a/httpd.sysconf
+++ b/httpd.sysconf
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
 #
-# This file can be used to set additional environment variables for
-# the httpd process, or pass additional options to the httpd
-# executable.
+# This file is no longer used to configure additional environment variables
+# for the httpd process.
 #
+# It has been replaced by systemd. If you want to customize, the best
+# way is to create a file "/etc/systemd/system/httpd.service",
+# containing
+#   .include /lib/systemd/system/httpd.service
+#   ...make your changes here...
+# For more info about custom unit files, see
+# http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd#How_do_I_customize_a_unit_file.2F_add_a_custom_unit_file.3F
+
+
+# To set OPTIONS environment variable which was set in this file
+# in older versions, you need to create a file named
+# "/etc/systemd/system/httpd.service" containing:
+#	.include /lib/systemd/system/httpd.service
+#	[Service]
+#	#
+#	# To pass additional options (for instance, -D definitions) to the
+#	# httpd binary at startup, set OPTIONS here.
+#	#
+#	Environment=OPTIONS=-DMY_DEFINE
+
 # Note: With previous versions of httpd, the MPM could be changed by
 # editing an "HTTPD" variable here.  With the current version, that
 # variable is now ignored.  The MPM is a loadable module, and the
 # choice of MPM can be changed by editing the configuration file
 # /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-mpm.conf.
-# 
-
 #
-# To pass additional options (for instance, -D definitions) to the
-# httpd binary at startup, set OPTIONS here.
-#
-#OPTIONS=
-
-#
-# This setting ensures the httpd process is started in the "C" locale
-# by default.  (Some modules will not behave correctly if
-# case-sensitive string comparisons are performed in a different
-# locale.)
-#
-LANG=C