diff --git a/roles/phabricator/handlers/main.yml b/roles/phabricator/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d2e15df7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/phabricator/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+##########################################################
+# Handlers for restarting services specific to phabricator
+#
+
+- name: restart phd
+  action: service name=phd state=restarted
+
diff --git a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
index cfbee228e2..c42ae1f954 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 
 - name: copy phabricator configuration settings
   template: src=local.json.j2 dest={{ phabroot }}/phabricator/conf/local/local.json owner=apache group=apache mode=0644
+  notify:
+   - restart phd
 
 # this isn't well supported upstream right now, disabling
 #- name: generate chatbot config