diff --git a/roles/base/handlers/main.yml b/roles/base/handlers/main.yml
index f9c31e07de..5852fa8b7f 100644
--- a/roles/base/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/handlers/main.yml
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@
 - name: restart watchdog
   service: name=watchdog state=restarted
 
+- name: reload libvirtd
+  service: name=libvirtd state=reloaded
+  ignore_errors: true
+  when: ansible_virtualization_role == 'host'