diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix
index 9f08cc0a79ed..555733aab7c0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ let
         systemd.services.${variant} = {
           description = "BIRD Internet Routing Daemon (${descr})";
           wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+          reloadIfChanged = true;
           serviceConfig = {
             Type = "forking";
             Restart = "on-failure";