diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index 93a87c7534..f07394dfc7 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 - name: restart libvirtd
   action: service name=libvirtd state=restarted
 
+- name: restart virtnetworkd
+  action: service name=virtnetworkd state=restarted
+
 - name: restart libvirtd.socket
   action: service name=libvirtd.socket state=stopped
   notify: restart libvirtd