diff --git a/roles/openvpn/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/base/tasks/main.yml
index 07c61484ee..790379a08e 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@
       mode: 0644 }
   tags:
   - install
+  notify:
+  - restart openvpn {{ ansible_distribution_version[0] }}
 
diff --git a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
index e91204bbd9..15e0fbdc82 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@
       mode: 0600 }
   tags:
   - install
+  notify:
+  - restart openvpn {{ ansible_distribution_version[0] }}
 
diff --git a/roles/openvpn/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/server/tasks/main.yml
index 4257b069f3..589ded35f8 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@
       mode: 0644 }
   tags:
   - install
+  notify:
+  - restart openvpn {{ ansible_distribution_version[0] }}
+
 
 - name: Install the ccd files
   file: file src={{ files }}/ccd/ dest=/etc/openvpn/ccd/ recurse=true 
+  notify:
+  - restart openvpn {{ ansible_distribution_version[0] }}