diff --git a/recipes/mod_rails.rb b/recipes/mod_rails.rb
index c4c4b46..a729283 100644
--- a/recipes/mod_rails.rb
+++ b/recipes/mod_rails.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
   group 'root'
   mode '0644'
   only_if { platform_family?('debian') }
+
+  notifies :reload, 'service[apache2]'
 end
 
 # Allows proper default path if root path was overridden
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@
   owner 'root'
   group 'root'
   mode '0644'
+
+  notifies :reload, 'service[apache2]'
 end
 
 apache_module 'passenger' do