diff --git a/data/helpers.d/system b/data/helpers.d/system
index 70cc57493..5fe62dcef 100644
--- a/data/helpers.d/system
+++ b/data/helpers.d/system
@@ -53,3 +53,92 @@ ynh_abort_if_errors () {
 ynh_get_debian_release () {
 	echo $(lsb_release --codename --short)
 }
+
+# Start (or other actions) a service,  print a log in case of failure and optionnaly wait until the service is completely started
+#
+# usage: ynh_systemd_action [-n service_name] [-a action] [ [-l "line to match"] [-p log_path] [-t timeout] [-e length] ]
+# | arg: -n, --service_name= - Name of the service to reload. Default : $app
+# | arg: -a, --action=       - Action to perform with systemctl. Default: start
+# | arg: -l, --line_match=   - Line to match - The line to find in the log to attest the service have finished to boot.
+#                              If not defined it don't wait until the service is completely started.
+# | arg: -p, --log_path=     - Log file - Path to the log file. Default : /var/log/$app/$app.log
+# | arg: -t, --timeout=      - Timeout - The maximum time to wait before ending the watching. Default : 300 seconds.
+# | arg: -e, --length=       - Length of the error log : Default : 20
+ynh_systemd_action() {
+    # Declare an array to define the options of this helper.
+    declare -Ar args_array=( [n]=service_name= [a]=action= [l]=line_match= [p]=log_path= [t]=timeout= [e]=length= )
+    local service_name
+    local action
+    local line_match
+    local length
+    local log_path
+    local timeout
+
+    # Manage arguments with getopts
+    ynh_handle_getopts_args "$@"
+
+    local service_name="${service_name:-$app}"
+    local action=${action:-start}
+    local log_path="${log_path:-/var/log/$service_name/$service_name.log}"
+    local length=${length:-20}
+    local timeout=${timeout:-300}
+
+    # Start to read the log
+    if [[ -n "${line_match:-}" ]]
+    then
+        local templog="$(mktemp)"
+	# Following the starting of the app in its log
+	if [ "$log_path" == "systemd" ] ; then
+            # Read the systemd journal
+            journalctl -u $service_name -f --since=-45 > "$templog" &
+	else
+            # Read the specified log file
+            tail -F -n0 "$log_path" > "$templog" &
+	fi
+        # Get the PID of the tail command
+        local pid_tail=$!
+    fi
+
+    echo "${action^} the service $service_name" >&2
+    systemctl $action $service_name \
+        || ( journalctl --lines=$length -u $service_name >&2 \
+        ; test -n "$log_path" && echo "--" && tail --lines=$length "$log_path" >&2 \
+        ; false )
+
+    # Start the timeout and try to find line_match
+    if [[ -n "${line_match:-}" ]]
+    then
+        local i=0
+        for i in $(seq 1 $timeout)
+        do
+            # Read the log until the sentence is found, that means the app finished to start. Or run until the timeout
+            if grep --quiet "$line_match" "$templog"
+            then
+                echo "The service $service_name has correctly started." >&2
+                break
+            fi
+            echo -n "." >&2
+            sleep 1
+        done
+        if [ $i -eq $timeout ]
+        then
+            echo "The service $service_name didn't fully started before the timeout." >&2
+            echo "Please find here an extract of the end of the log of the service $service_name:"
+            journalctl --lines=$length -u $service_name >&2
+            test -n "$log_path" && echo "--" && tail --lines=$length "$log_path" >&2
+        fi
+
+        echo ""
+        ynh_clean_check_starting
+    fi
+}
+
+# Clean temporary process and file used by ynh_check_starting
+# (usually used in ynh_clean_setup scripts)
+#
+# usage: ynh_clean_check_starting
+ynh_clean_check_starting () {
+	# Stop the execution of tail.
+	kill -s 15 $pid_tail 2>&1
+	ynh_secure_remove "$templog" 2>&1
+}