diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index 7eb2633eec..14f755ef4c 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@
   command: systemctl daemon-reload
 
 - name: restart nagios
-  service: name=nagios state=restarted
+  shell: nagios -v /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg && systemctl restart nagios