diff --git a/bin/aphlict b/bin/aphlict
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..b081c81f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/aphlict
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../support/aphlict/server/aphlict_launcher.php
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/default.conf.php b/conf/default.conf.php
index 1c97ced1d8..a52f2cab50 100644
--- a/conf/default.conf.php
+++ b/conf/default.conf.php
@@ -199,6 +199,16 @@ return array(
   // URI and port for the notification root server.
   'notification.server-uri'   => 'http://localhost:22281/',
 
+  // The server must be started as root so it can bind to privileged ports, but
+  // if you specify a user here it will drop permissions after binding.
+  'notification.user'         => null,
+
+  // Location where the server should log to.
+  'notification.log'          => '/var/log/aphlict.log',
+
+  // PID file to use.
+  'notification.pidfile'      => '/var/run/aphlict.pid',
+
 
 // -- Email ----------------------------------------------------------------- //
 
diff --git a/support/aphlict/server/aphlict_launcher.php b/support/aphlict/server/aphlict_launcher.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..84324adabf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/aphlict/server/aphlict_launcher.php
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// This is a launcher for the 'aphlict' Node.js notification server that
+// provides real-time notifications for Phabricator. It handles reading
+// configuration from the Phabricator config, daemonizing the server,
+// restarting the server if it crashes, and some basic sanity checks.
+
+
+$root = dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))));
+require_once $root.'/scripts/__init_script__.php';
+
+
+// >>> Options and Arguments ---------------------------------------------------
+
+$args = new PhutilArgumentParser($argv);
+$args->setTagline('manage Aphlict notification server');
+$args->setSynopsis(<<<EOHELP
+**aphlict** [__options__]
+  Start (or restart) the Aphlict server.
+EOHELP
+);
+$args->parseStandardArguments();
+$args->parse(array(
+  array(
+    'name' => 'foreground',
+    'help' => 'Run in the foreground instead of daemonizing.',
+  ),
+));
+
+if (posix_getuid() != 0) {
+  throw new Exception(
+    "You must run this script as root; the Aphlict server needs to bind to ".
+    "privileged ports.");
+}
+
+list($err) = exec_manual('node -v');
+if ($err) {
+  throw new Exception(
+    '`node` is not in $PATH. You must install Node.js to run the Aphlict '.
+    'server.');
+}
+
+$server_uri = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('notification.server-uri');
+$server_uri = new PhutilURI($server_uri);
+
+$client_uri = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('notification.client-uri');
+$client_uri = new PhutilURI($client_uri);
+
+$user = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('notification.user');
+$log  = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('notification.log');
+
+$g_pidfile = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('notification.pidfile');
+$g_future  = null;
+
+$foreground = $args->getArg('foreground');
+
+// Build the argument list for the server itself.
+$server_argv = array();
+$server_argv[] = csprintf('--port=%s', $client_uri->getPort());
+$server_argv[] = csprintf('--admin=%s', $server_uri->getPort());
+
+if ($user) {
+  $server_argv[] = csprintf('--user=%s', $user);
+}
+
+if ($log) {
+  $server_argv[] = csprintf('--log=%s', $log);
+}
+
+
+// >>> Foreground / Background -------------------------------------------------
+
+// If we start in the foreground, we use phutil_passthru() below to show any
+// output from the server to the console, but this means *this* process won't
+// receive signals until the child exits. If we write our pid to the pidfile
+// and then another process starts, it will try to SIGTERM us but we won't
+// receive the signal. Since the effect is the same and this is simpler, just
+// ignore the pidfile if launched in `--foreground` mode; this is a debugging
+// mode anyway.
+if ($foreground) {
+  echo "Starting server in foreground, ignoring pidfile...\n";
+  $g_pidfile = null;
+} else {
+  $pid = pcntl_fork();
+  if ($pid < 0) {
+    throw new Exception("Failed to fork()!");
+  } else if ($pid) {
+    exit(0);
+  }
+}
+
+
+// >>> Signals / Cleanup -------------------------------------------------------
+
+function cleanup($sig = '?') {
+  global $g_pidfile;
+  if ($g_pidfile) {
+    Filesystem::remove($g_pidfile);
+    $g_pidfile = null;
+  }
+
+  global $g_future;
+  if ($g_future) {
+    $g_future->resolveKill();
+    $g_future = null;
+  }
+
+  exit(1);
+}
+
+if (!$foreground) {
+  declare(ticks = 1);
+  pcntl_signal(SIGTERM, 'cleanup');
+}
+
+register_shutdown_function('cleanup');
+
+
+// >>> pidfile -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if ($g_pidfile) {
+  if (Filesystem::pathExists($g_pidfile)) {
+    $old_pid = (int)Filesystem::readFile($g_pidfile);
+    posix_kill($old_pid, SIGTERM);
+    sleep(1);
+    Filesystem::remove($g_pidfile);
+  }
+  Filesystem::writeFile($g_pidfile, getmypid());
+}
+
+
+// >>> run ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$command = csprintf(
+  'node %s %C',
+  dirname(__FILE__).'/aphlict_server.js',
+  implode(' ', $server_argv));
+
+if ($foreground) {
+  echo "Launching server:\n\n";
+  echo "    $ ".$command."\n\n";
+
+  $err = phutil_passthru('%C', $command);
+  echo ">>> Server exited!\n";
+  exit($err);
+} else {
+  while (true) {
+    $g_future = new ExecFuture('%C', $command);
+    $g_future->resolve();
+
+    // If the server exited, wait a couple of seconds and restart it.
+    unset($g_future);
+    sleep(2);
+  }
+}