diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e49a4fa..8a4a1d9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	install -D -m 0755 govpp-snmp-agentx debian/govpp-snmp-agentx/usr/sbin/govpp-snmp-agentx
 	install -D -m 0644 govpp-snmp-agentx.service debian/govpp-snmp-agentx/lib/systemd/system/govpp-snmp-agentx.service
+	install -D -m 0644 govpp-snmp-agentx.default debian/govpp-snmp-agentx/etc/default/govpp-snmp-agentx
 	install -D -m 0644 docs/govpp-snmp-agentx.1 debian/govpp-snmp-agentx/usr/share/man/man1/govpp-snmp-agentx.1
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
diff --git a/govpp-snmp-agentx.default b/govpp-snmp-agentx.default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2619c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/govpp-snmp-agentx.default
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Default configuration for govpp-snmp-agentx
+# This file contains environment variables for the GoVPP SNMP AgentX daemon
+#
+# Command line flags for govpp-snmp-agentx
+GOVPP_SNMP_AGENTX_FLAGS="-agentx.addr /var/agentx/master -vppcfg /etc/vpp/vppcfg.yaml -vppstats.period 10"
+
+# Additional options that can be added to GOVPP_SNMP_AGENTX_FLAGS:
+# -debug                          Enable debug logging
+# -agentx.addr host:port          SNMPd Agentx address (example: localhost:705)
+# -vppstats.api.addr PATH         VPP API socket path (default: /var/run/vpp/api.sock)
+# -vppstats.stats.addr PATH       VPP stats socket path (default: /var/run/vpp/stats.sock)
+# -vppstats.ifindex-offset NUM    Interface index offset (default: 1000)
+#
+# Example with debug logging:
+# GOVPP_SNMP_AGENTX_FLAGS="-agentx.addr localhost:705 -vppcfg /etc/vpp/vppcfg.yaml -vppstats.period 10 -debug"
diff --git a/govpp-snmp-agentx.service b/govpp-snmp-agentx.service
index 0d42404..0b345d8 100644
--- a/govpp-snmp-agentx.service
+++ b/govpp-snmp-agentx.service
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ After=network.target vpp.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/govpp-snmp-agentx
 ExecStartPre=-+/usr/bin/chmod 770 /var/agentx /var/agentx/master
 ExecStartPre=-+/usr/bin/chown Debian-snmp:vpp /var/agentx /var/agentx/master
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/govpp-snmp-agentx -agentx.addr /var/agentx/master -vppcfg /etc/vpp/vppcfg.yaml -vppstats.period 10
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/govpp-snmp-agentx $GOVPP_SNMP_AGENTX_FLAGS
 User=Debian-snmp
 Group=vpp
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID