diff --git a/bind.changes b/bind.changes
index e63ed24..03f48ce 100644
--- a/bind.changes
+++ b/bind.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul  3 08:47:39 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Run systemctl daemon-reload even when this is not build with
+  systemd support: if installing bind on a systemd service and not
+  reloading systemd daemon, then the service 'named' is not known
+  right after package installation, causing confusion.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 30 07:12:50 UTC 2017 - sflees@suse.de
 
diff --git a/bind.spec b/bind.spec
index 3a2f7f6..744bdd3 100644
--- a/bind.spec
+++ b/bind.spec
@@ -734,6 +734,13 @@ if [ -f ${NAMED_ACTIVE_FILE} ]; then
         sbin/insserv named
         test ! -s ${NAMED_ACTIVE_FILE} && rm -f ${NAMED_ACTIVE_FILE}
 fi
+if [ -x %{_bindir}/systemctl ]; then
+# make sure systemctl knows about the service even though it's not a systemd service
+# Without this, systemctl status named would return
+#     Unit named.service could not be found.
+# until systemctl daemon-reload has been executed
+    %{_bindir}/systemctl daemon-reload || :
+fi
 %endif
 
 %postun