diff --git a/roles/monitoring-master/handlers/main.yml b/roles/monitoring-master/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf88ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/monitoring-master/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- name: restart icinga
+  systemd:
+    name: icinga2
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/monitoring-master/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/monitoring-master/tasks/main.yaml
index e70c2af..554e461 100644
--- a/roles/monitoring-master/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/monitoring-master/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -53,8 +53,12 @@
     - services_passive.conf
     - services_passive_mail_extern.conf
     - services_async.conf
+  notify:
+    - restart icinga
 
 - name: Signal command loaded from monitoring tools
   lineinfile:
     path: /etc/icinga2/icinga2.conf
     line: "include monitoring-tools/commands.d/signal-notify.conf"
+  notify:
+    - restart icinga