diff --git a/roles/syslogd/tasks/server.yml b/roles/syslogd/tasks/server.yml
index c46cd48..1f0095e 100644
--- a/roles/syslogd/tasks/server.yml
+++ b/roles/syslogd/tasks/server.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     mode: 0600
     owner: root
     group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
+  notify: restart syslogd
   tags: certificates
 
 - name: copy server crt
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
     mode: 0644
     owner: root
     group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
+  notify: restart syslogd
   tags: certificates
 
 - name: add archiving to syslog.conf