diff --git a/nagios/manifests/init.pp b/nagios/manifests/init.pp
index e5b61e4..92cc6ff 100644
--- a/nagios/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/nagios/manifests/init.pp
@@ -467,7 +467,8 @@ define nagios::host($group="NONE", $osname="NONE", $osicon="NONE",
             icon_image_alt  => $osname,
             icon_image      => "${iconpath}${osicon}.png",
             statusmap_image => "${iconpath}${osicon}.gd2",
-            target          => "${confdir}/hostextinfo_${name}.cfg"
+            target          => "${confdir}/hostextinfo_${name}.cfg",
+            notify          => Service["nagios"],
         }
     }