diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index ee8af2d..1e464d7 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
   service "supervisor" do
     supports :status => true, :restart => true
     action [:enable, :start]
+    subscribes :restart, "template[#{node['supervisor']['conffile']}]"
   end
 when "smartos"
   directory "/opt/local/share/smf/supervisord" do