diff --git a/roles/dns/files/update-dns b/roles/dns/files/update-dns
index 23cc17bc19..e817e682c2 100755
--- a/roles/dns/files/update-dns
+++ b/roles/dns/files/update-dns
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ cd $tmpdir
 chown -R named.named $destdir
 chcon -u system_u $destdir/* $destdir/*/*
 # reload named
+/sbin/service named start
 /sbin/service named reload