diff --git a/cookbooks/mailman-api/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/mailman-api/recipes/default.rb
index 861ff93..74261b9 100644
--- a/cookbooks/mailman-api/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/mailman-api/recipes/default.rb
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ if node['platform'] == 'centos'
 end
 
 package 'mailman-api'
+
+service 'mailman-api' do
+  action [:enable, :start]
+  supports :restart => true
+end
diff --git a/test/mailman_api_test.sh b/test/mailman_api_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1bd141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mailman_api_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+. $(dirname $0)/test_helper.sh
+
+test_mailman_api_running() {
+  assertTrue 'mailman running' 'run_on integration pgrep -fa mailman-api'
+}
+
+. shunit2
+
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