diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-dirsrv/resources/instance.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-dirsrv/resources/instance.rb
index abb9253..47bc738 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-dirsrv/resources/instance.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-dirsrv/resources/instance.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ action :create do
       command "ldapadd -x -w #{new_resource.admin_password} -D '#{new_resource.bind_dn}' -f '#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/tls.ldif' -p #{new_resource.port} -h localhost"
       sensitive true
       action :nothing
+      notifies :restart, "service[#{service_name}]", :immediately
     end
   end
 end