diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 667c2115d4..d54db12a79 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
       $psql_path              = pick($psql_path, "${bindir}/psql")
 
       $service_status         = $service_status
-      $service_reload         = "service ${service_name} reload"
+      $service_reload         = "systemctl reload ${service_name}"
       $python_package_name    = pick($python_package_name, 'python-psycopg2')
       # Archlinux does not have a perl::DBD::Pg package
       $perl_package_name      = pick($perl_package_name, 'undef')