diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 1ac640a..beb4e62 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@
   service:
     name: "{{ security_sshd_name }}"
     state: "{{ security_ssh_restart_handler_state }}"
+
+- name: reload fail2ban
+  service:
+    name: fail2ban
+    state: reloaded
diff --git a/tasks/fail2ban.yml b/tasks/fail2ban.yml
index 1fab2f4..f82f5e4 100644
--- a/tasks/fail2ban.yml
+++ b/tasks/fail2ban.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0644
+  notify:
+   - reload fail2ban
 
 - name: Ensure fail2ban is running and enabled on boot.
   service: