diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5cb329d..4a968fc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.30.2
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.18.2
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs v1.38.5
+	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.65
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3d322b8..710d9d1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDk
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 h1:qlCDlTPz2n9fu58M0Nh1J/JzcFpfgkFHHX3O35r5vcU=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7/go.mod h1:sRTcRWXGLrKw6yIGJ+l7amYJFfAXbZG0kBSc8r4zxgA=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 h1:RrqgGjYQKalulkV8NGVIfkXQf6YYmOyiJKk8iXXhfZs=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
+github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.1.1/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfbm0A=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0 h1:ErTB+efbowRARo13NNdxyJji2egdxLGQhRaY+DUumQc=
diff --git a/proxy/lib/snowflake.go b/proxy/lib/snowflake.go
index bcdfbda..13e6d28 100644
--- a/proxy/lib/snowflake.go
+++ b/proxy/lib/snowflake.go
@@ -822,6 +822,8 @@ func (sf *SnowflakeProxy) Start() error {
 	}
 	tokens = newTokens(sf.Capacity)
 
+	sdnotifyStatus("Checking NAT type...")
+
 	err = sf.checkNATType(config, sf.NATProbeURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		// non-fatal error. Log it and continue
@@ -830,6 +832,9 @@ func (sf *SnowflakeProxy) Start() error {
 	}
 	sf.EventDispatcher.OnNewSnowflakeEvent(event.EventOnCurrentNATTypeDetermined{CurNATType: getCurrentNATType()})
 
+	sdnotifyStatus(fmt.Sprintf("NAT type: %s", getCurrentNATType()))
+	sdnotifyReady()
+
 	NatRetestTask := task.Periodic{
 		Interval: sf.NATTypeMeasurementInterval,
 		Execute: func() error {
@@ -846,6 +851,16 @@ func (sf *SnowflakeProxy) Start() error {
 		defer NatRetestTask.Close()
 	}
 
+	WatchdogTask := task.Periodic{
+		Interval: 5 * time.Minute,
+		Execute: func() error {
+			sdnotifyWatchdog()
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	WatchdogTask.Start()
+	defer WatchdogTask.Close()
+
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(sf.PollInterval)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
@@ -864,6 +879,7 @@ func (sf *SnowflakeProxy) Start() error {
 
 // Stop closes all existing connections and shuts down the Snowflake.
 func (sf *SnowflakeProxy) Stop() {
+	sdnotifyStopping()
 	close(sf.shutdown)
 }
 
diff --git a/proxy/lib/systemd.go b/proxy/lib/systemd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..752c77d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/lib/systemd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package snowflake_proxy
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	sdnotify "github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/daemon"
+)
+
+func sdnotifyReady() {
+	sdnotify.SdNotify(false, sdnotify.SdNotifyReady)
+}
+
+func sdnotifyStopping() {
+	sdnotify.SdNotify(false, sdnotify.SdNotifyStopping)
+}
+
+func sdnotifyStatus(status string) {
+	sdnotify.SdNotify(false, fmt.Sprintf("STATUS=%s", status))
+}
+
+func sdnotifyWatchdog() {
+	sdnotify.SdNotify(false, sdnotify.SdNotifyWatchdog)
+}