diff --git a/docs/routing/babeld/babeld.md b/docs/routing/babeld/babeld.md
index 01095d5..fc4a8a8 100644
--- a/docs/routing/babeld/babeld.md
+++ b/docs/routing/babeld/babeld.md
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ babeld offers a local configuration interface. This can be activated with the fl
 babeld -g 33123
 ```
 
+If babeld is used with Systemd, you can change the arguments in the `/etc/default/babeld` file:
+```
+DAEMON_ARGS="-S /var/lib/babeld/state -g 33123"
+```
+
 The configuration interface can be used to find out various status information on the one hand and to configure babeld on the other. Furthermore, the configuration interface can be used by monitoring programs such as babelweb2.
 
 To connect to the configuration interface, you can use telnet: