diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/logging/fluentd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/logging/fluentd.nix
index 61eeec504e0..3aa27a15266 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/logging/fluentd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/logging/fluentd.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ in {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       serviceConfig = {
         ExecStart = "${pkgs.fluentd}/bin/fluentd -c ${pkgs.writeText "fluentd.conf" cfg.config}";
+        ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";
       };
     };
   };