diff --git a/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 180303ceb0..568cc376c4 100644
--- a/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
   copy: src="{{ private }}/files/saml2/idp-{{env}}.xml"
         dest="/etc/httpd/saml2/idp-metadata.xml"
         owner="apache" group="apache" mode=0600
+  notify: reload httpd
   tags: pdc
 
 - name: Install domain-specific saml2 certs and metadata
@@ -71,4 +72,5 @@
     - certificate.pem
     - certificate.key
     - metadata.xml
+  notify: reload httpd
   tags: pdc