diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index f70d62092b..f33e0a2719 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@
       dest: /usr/local/bin/koji-sync-listener.py
       mode: 0755
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend01') and env == "production"
+  notify:
+  - restart koji-sync-listener
   tags:
   - bodhi
   - koji-sync