diff --git a/tasks/apache.yml b/tasks/apache.yml
index e445f38a61..6857406918 100644
--- a/tasks/apache.yml
+++ b/tasks/apache.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
   - packages
 
 - name: set apache running/enabled
-  service: name=httpd state=running enabled=yes
+  service: name=httpd enabled=yes
+  notify:
+  - restart apache
   tags:
   - service