diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb
index e2d0065..c11aaaa 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb
@@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ hosts.each do |host|
               ldap_server: ldap_domain,
               ldap_rootdn: ldap_rootdn,
               ldap_encryption_type: ldap_encryption_type
-    notifies :run, "execute[ejabberdctl reload_config]", :delayed
+    # Restarting the service is needed because the LDAP options are only parsed
+    # on start (https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/issues/3181#issuecomment-594482546)
+    # This can be changed back to reloading when this is part of a release:
+    # https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/commit/b39a1e2d74cd4d400a7f062e31056057573298e8
+    #
+    # notifies :run, "execute[ejabberdctl reload_config]", :delayed
+    notifies :restart, "service[ejabberd]", :delayed
   end
 end