diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 15344100..a5a1014e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 1.7.15.dev0
  * #697: Extract borgmatic configuration from backup via "bootstrap" action—even when borgmatic
    has no configuration yet!
+ * #669: Add sample systemd user serivce for running borgmatic as a non-root user.
 
 1.7.14
  * #484: Add a new verbosity level (-2) to disable output entirely (for console, syslog, log file,
diff --git a/sample/systemd/borgmatic-user.service b/sample/systemd/borgmatic-user.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5b4280b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/systemd/borgmatic-user.service
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=borgmatic backup
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+ConditionACPower=true
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+Restart=no
+# Prevent rate limiting of borgmatic log events. If you are using an older version of systemd that
+# doesn't support this (pre-240 or so), you may have to remove this option.
+LogRateLimitIntervalSec=0
+# Delay start to prevent backups running during boot.
+ExecStartPre=sleep 1m
+ExecStart=/root/.local/bin/borgmatic --verbosity -2 --syslog-verbosity 1
diff --git a/sample/systemd/borgmatic-user.timer b/sample/systemd/borgmatic-user.timer
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..19e3f350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/systemd/borgmatic-user.timer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+borgmatic.timer
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