diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index eecf439bb6..6b3cd0c3aa 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 - name: restart fedmsg-relay
   command: /usr/local/bin/conditional-restart.sh fedmsg-relay fedmsg-relay
 
+- name: restart fedwatch
+  action: service name=fedwatch state=restarted
+
 - name: reload httpd
   command: /usr/local/bin/conditional-reload.sh httpd httpd
 
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index c7ef6bd846..ed20a32d50 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@
 
 - name: configure fedwatch to sync packages as soon as requests are process.
   copy: src=fedwatch.conf dest=/etc/fedwatch.conf
+  notify: restart fedwatch
   tags:
   - bodhi
   - fedwatch