diff --git a/nbd.changes b/nbd.changes
index 5c6057e..a8ec7d6 100644
--- a/nbd.changes
+++ b/nbd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 13 09:58:54 UTC 2017 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Disable restart on update to keep existing client connections alive
+  (bsc#1063135)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep  7 13:21:03 UTC 2017 - olaf@aepfle.de
 
diff --git a/nbd.spec b/nbd.spec
index cc2df02..c2c4eb2 100644
--- a/nbd.spec
+++ b/nbd.spec
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/nbd-server/config.ex
 install -D -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.%{name}-server
 
 %post
+export DISABLE_RESTART_ON_UPDATE=yes
 %service_add_post %{name}-server.service
 %fillup_only -n nbd-server
 if test -e %{_sysconfdir}/nbd-server.conf; then