diff --git a/recipes/_ganglia_install.rb b/recipes/_ganglia_install.rb
index 8ad8b126d..7703d39c7 100644
--- a/recipes/_ganglia_install.rb
+++ b/recipes/_ganglia_install.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
     # Setup ganglia-web.conf apache config
     execute "copy ganglia apache conf" do
       command "cp /etc/ganglia-webfrontend/apache.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ganglia.conf"
+      notifies :reload, "service[#{node['cfncluster']['ganglia']['httpd_service']}]", :immediately
       not_if "test -f /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ganglia.conf"
     end
 
diff --git a/recipes/_master_base_config.rb b/recipes/_master_base_config.rb
index 296e66725..b2f013a48 100644
--- a/recipes/_master_base_config.rb
+++ b/recipes/_master_base_config.rb
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
   end
 
   service node['cfncluster']['ganglia']['httpd_service'] do
-    supports restart: true
+    supports restart: true, reload: true
     action %i[enable start]
   end
 end