diff --git a/dovecot.changes b/dovecot.changes
index 0e411bb..a022d28 100644
--- a/dovecot.changes
+++ b/dovecot.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 18 14:22:32 UTC 2014 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- add reload support to the dovecot service file
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 11 11:39:44 UTC 2014 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/dovecot.service b/dovecot.service
index 796e241..4f81fcb 100644
--- a/dovecot.service
+++ b/dovecot.service
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ After=local-fs.target network.target
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dovecot -F
+ExecReload=/usr/bin/doveadm reload
 NonBlocking=yes
 
 [Install]