diff --git a/kpropd.init b/kpropd.init
index d0ecee2..bc75e46 100755
--- a/kpropd.init
+++ b/kpropd.init
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ case "$1" in
   stop)
 	stop
 	;;
-  restart)
+  # We don't really "do" reload, so treat it as a restart.
+  restart|reload)
 	stop
 	start
 	;;
diff --git a/krb5.spec b/krb5.spec
index a1758a0..0d32436 100644
--- a/krb5.spec
+++ b/krb5.spec
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ certificate.
 - fixup summary texts (part of #225974)
 - take the execute bit off of the protocol docs (part of #225974)
 - unflag init scripts as configuration files (part of #225974)
+- make the kpropd init script treat 'reload' as 'restart' (part of #225974)
 
 * Tue Mar 17 2009 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> 1.6.3-19
 - libgssapi_krb5: backport fix for some errors which can occur when