diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml
index 13962d2f3e..1da4dbe61a 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,15 +10,21 @@
   tags:
   - services
   - fedmsg/irc
+  notify:
+  - restart fedmsg-irc
 
 - name: setup fedmsg-irc config file
   template: src=ircbot.py.j2 dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/ircbot.py
   tags:
   - config
   - fedmsg/irc
+  notify:
+  - restart fedmsg-irc
 
 - name: setup fas credentials config file
   template: src=fas-credentials.py.j2 dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/fas-credentials.py
   tags:
   - config
   - fedmsg/irc
+  notify:
+  - restart fedmsg-irc