diff --git a/shepherd/init.d/emacs.scm b/shepherd/init.d/emacs.scm
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+++ b/shepherd/init.d/emacs.scm
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+(define emacs
+  (make <service>
+    #:provides '(emacs)
+    #:start (make-system-constructor "emacs --daemon")
+    #:stop (make-system-destructor "emacsclient -e '(kill-emacs)'")
+    #:respawn? #t))
+
+(register-services emacs)
+
+(start emacs)
+
diff --git a/shepherd/init.d/gnupg.scm b/shepherd/init.d/gnupg.scm
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+++ b/shepherd/init.d/gnupg.scm
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+(define gpg-agent
+  (make <service>
+    #:provides '(gpg-agent)
+    #:start (make-system-constructor "gpg-agent --daemon")
+    #:stop (make-system-destructor "gpg-connect-agent killagent /bye")
+    #:respawn? #t))
+
+(register-services gpg-agent)
+
+(start gpg-agent)
+
diff --git a/shepherd/init.d/polkit.scm b/shepherd/init.d/polkit.scm
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/shepherd/init.d/polkit.scm
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+(define polkit-agent
+  (make <service>
+    #:provides '(polkit-agent)
+    #:start (make-system-constructor "$HOME/.guix-profile/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &")
+    #:stop (make-system-destructor "pkill -9 polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1")
+    #:respawn? #t))
+
+(register-services polkit-agent)
+
+(start polkit-agent)
+
diff --git a/shepherd/init.d/udiskie.scm b/shepherd/init.d/udiskie.scm
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+++ b/shepherd/init.d/udiskie.scm
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+(define udiskie
+  (make <service>
+    #:provides '(udiskie)
+    #:start (make-system-constructor "udiskie &")
+    #:stop (make-system-destructor "pkill -9 udiskie")
+    #:respawn? #t))
+
+(register-services udiskie)
+
+(start udiskie)
+
diff --git a/shepherd/init.scm b/shepherd/init.scm
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+++ b/shepherd/init.scm
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+(use-modules (shepherd service)
+             ((ice-9 ftw) #:select (scandir)))
+
+;; Load all the files in the directory 'init.d' with a suffix '.scm'.
+(for-each
+  (lambda (file)
+    (load (string-append "init.d/" file)))
+  (scandir (string-append (dirname (current-filename)) "/init.d")
+           (lambda (file)
+             (string-suffix? ".scm" file))))
+
+;; Send shepherd into the background.
+(action 'shepherd 'daemonize)
+