diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/prosody.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/prosody.nix
index 25b7d6dbeba2..de316e5f4669 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/prosody.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/prosody.nix
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ in
         RuntimeDirectory = [ "prosody" ];
         PIDFile = "/run/prosody/prosody.pid";
         ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/prosodyctl start";
+        ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";
       };
     };