diff --git a/templates/prometheus.service.j2 b/templates/prometheus.service.j2
index 83aee17..a1ce3b9 100644
--- a/templates/prometheus.service.j2
+++ b/templates/prometheus.service.j2
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Restart=on-failure
 
 User={{ prometheus_user }}
 Group={{ prometheus_group }}
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 
 {% if prometheus_opts is defined %}
 ExecStart={{ prometheus_daemon_dir }}/prometheus  {{ prometheus_opts }}   --config.file={{ prometheus_config_path }}/prometheus.yml  --storage.tsdb.path={{ prometheus_db_path }}  --web.console.templates={{ prometheus_daemon_dir }}/consoles  --web.console.libraries={{ prometheus_daemon_dir }}/console_libraries
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ ExecStart={{ prometheus_daemon_dir }}/prometheus                          --conf
 
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
\ No newline at end of file
+WantedBy=multi-user.target