diff --git a/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
index 347e057d9..0e12493c3 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -207,3 +207,8 @@
     path: /etc/sudoers.d/020_apache_poweroff
     state: absent
   when: not apache_allow_sudo
+
+- name: Restart Apache systemd service ({{ apache_service }})
+  systemd:
+    name: "{{ apache_service }}"
+    state: restarted