diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index 6ecd6ce1dc..bffabf80c7 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -191,3 +191,8 @@
     state: restarted
   with_sequence: start=0 end={{ mbs_num_workers - 1 }}
   when: not mbs_frontend
+
+- name: restart kojira
+  systemd:
+    name: kojira
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
index 29e20d403c..c2569ace91 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@
   tags:
   - config
   - koji_hub
+  notify:
+  - restart kojira
 
 - name: make an empty /mnt/fedora_koji for stg.
   file: state=directory path=/mnt/fedora_koji/koji owner=root group=root