diff --git a/server/CMakeLists.txt b/server/CMakeLists.txt
index f08b0d912f..ec8aadf458 100755
--- a/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ set(SERVER_SRC_LIST
 message("SERVER_SRC_LIST=${SERVER_SRC_LIST}")
 
 set(SERVER_DAEMON_EXE "rdcd")
-configure_file("rdc.service.in" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/rdc.service" @ONLY)
 set(SERVICE_FILE_NAME "rdc.service")
+configure_file("rdc.service.in" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${SERVICE_FILE_NAME}" @ONLY)
+set(SERVER_CONFIG_FILE "rdc_options")
+configure_file("${SERVER_CONFIG_FILE}" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${SERVER_CONFIG_FILE}" COPYONLY)
 
 link_directories(${SMI_LIB_DIR})
 
@@ -94,6 +96,9 @@ install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${SERVER_DAEMON_EXE}
 install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${SERVICE_FILE_NAME}
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR}/${RDC}
     COMPONENT ${SERVER_COMPONENT})
+install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${SERVER_CONFIG_FILE}
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}
+    COMPONENT ${SERVER_COMPONENT})
 
 message("&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&")
 message("                    Finished Cmake Server                          ")
diff --git a/server/rdc.service.in b/server/rdc.service.in
index b63d44b76a..9f6a610b66 100755
--- a/server/rdc.service.in
+++ b/server/rdc.service.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ After=network.target
 #Requires=
 
 [Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/@CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR@/rdc_options
 User=rdc
 Group=rdc
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ AmbientCapabilities=CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
 # ExecStartPre=
 # update-alternative has been run for rdcd and
 # soft link will be available in usr/bin
-ExecStart=rdcd
+ExecStart=rdcd $RDC_OPTS
 
 # If we need to start anything after rdcd use this
 # ExecStartPost=
diff --git a/server/rdc_options b/server/rdc_options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10ff31fa11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/rdc_options
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Append 'rdc' daemon parameters here
+RDC_OPTS=""
+#RDC_OPTS="-p 50051 -u -d"