diff --git a/data/actionsmap/yunohost.yml b/data/actionsmap/yunohost.yml
index f067cc3c3..887c7f9d6 100644
--- a/data/actionsmap/yunohost.yml
+++ b/data/actionsmap/yunohost.yml
@@ -1038,24 +1038,13 @@ service:
             arguments:
                 name:
                     help: Service name to add
-                -s:
-                    full: --status
-                    help: Custom status command
+                -d:
+                    full: --description
+                    help: Description of the service
                 -l:
                     full: --log
                     help: Absolute path to log file to display
                     nargs: "+"
-                -r:
-                    full: --runlevel
-                    help: Runlevel priority of the service
-                    type: int
-                -n:
-                    full: --need_lock
-                    help: Use this option to prevent deadlocks if the service does invoke yunohost commands.
-                    action: store_true
-                -d:
-                    full: --description
-                    help: Description of the service
                 -t:
                     full: --log_type
                     help: Type of the log (file or systemd)
@@ -1064,6 +1053,22 @@ service:
                         - file
                         - systemd
                     default: file
+                --test_status:
+                    help: Specify a custom bash command to check the status of the service. Note that it only makes sense to specify this if the corresponding systemd service does not return the proper information already.
+                --test_conf:
+                    help: Specify a custom bash command to check if the configuration of the service is valid or broken, similar to nginx -t.
+                --needs_exposed_ports:
+                    help: A list of ports that needs to be publicly exposed for the service to work as intended.
+                    nargs: "+"
+                    type: int
+                    metavar: PORT
+                -n:
+                    full: --need_lock
+                    help: Use this option to prevent deadlocks if the service does invoke yunohost commands.
+                    action: store_true
+                -s:
+                    full: --status
+                    help: Deprecated, old option. Does nothing anymore. Possibly check the --test_status option.
 
         ### service_remove()
         remove:
diff --git a/src/yunohost/service.py b/src/yunohost/service.py
index 612e73f6c..0125fd7e4 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/service.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/service.py
@@ -40,25 +40,24 @@ MOULINETTE_LOCK = "/var/run/moulinette_yunohost.lock"
 logger = log.getActionLogger('yunohost.service')
 
 
-def service_add(name, status=None, log=None, runlevel=None, need_lock=False, description=None, log_type="file"):
+def service_add(name, description=None, log=None, log_type="file", test_status=None, test_conf=None, needs_exposed_ports=None, need_lock=False, status=None):
     """
     Add a custom service
 
     Keyword argument:
         name -- Service name to add
-        status -- Custom status command
-        log -- Absolute path to log file to display
-        runlevel -- Runlevel priority of the service
-        need_lock -- Use this option to prevent deadlocks if the service does invoke yunohost commands.
         description -- description of the service
-        log_type -- Precise if the corresponding log is a file or a systemd log
+        log -- Absolute path to log file to display
+        log_type -- Specify if the corresponding log is a file or a systemd log
+        test_status -- Specify a custom bash command to check the status of the service. N.B. : it only makes sense to specify this if the corresponding systemd service does not return the proper information.
+        test_conf -- Specify a custom bash command to check if the configuration of the service is valid or broken, similar to nginx -t.
+        needs_exposed_ports -- A list of ports that needs to be publicly exposed for the service to work as intended.
+        need_lock -- Use this option to prevent deadlocks if the service does invoke yunohost commands.
+        status -- Deprecated, doesn't do anything anymore. Use test_status instead.
     """
     services = _get_services()
 
-    if not status:
-        services[name] = {'status': 'service'}
-    else:
-        services[name] = {'status': status}
+    services[name] = {}
 
     if log is not None:
         if not isinstance(log, list):
@@ -77,15 +76,22 @@ def service_add(name, status=None, log=None, runlevel=None, need_lock=False, des
         else:
             raise YunohostError('service_add_failed', service=name)
 
-
-    if runlevel is not None:
-        services[name]['runlevel'] = runlevel
+    if description:
+        services[name]['description'] = description
+    else:
+        logger.warning("/!\\ Packager ! You added a custom service without specifying a description. Please add --description to explain what the service does in a similar fashion to existing services.")
 
     if need_lock:
         services[name]['need_lock'] = True
 
-    if description is not None:
-        services[name]['description'] = description
+    if test_status:
+        services[name]["test_status"] = test_status
+
+    if test_conf:
+        services[name]["test_conf"] = test_conf
+
+    if needs_exposed_ports:
+        services[name]["needs_exposed_ports"] = needs_exposed_ports
 
     try:
         _save_services(services)
@@ -277,7 +283,7 @@ def service_status(names=[]):
         # the hack was to add fake services...
         # we need to extract regenconf from service at some point, also because
         # some app would really like to use it
-        if "status" in services[name] and services[name]["status"] is None:
+        if services[name].get("status", "") is None:
             continue
 
         status = _get_service_information_from_systemd(name)