diff --git a/dist/systemd/nomad.service b/dist/systemd/nomad.service
index aa885f785..445451527 100644
--- a/dist/systemd/nomad.service
+++ b/dist/systemd/nomad.service
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Documentation=https://nomadproject.io/docs/
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/nomad agent -config /etc/nomad
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 
 [Install]