diff --git a/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/rc/eggdrop b/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/rc/eggdrop
--- a/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/rc/eggdrop
+++ b/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/rc/eggdrop
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 procname="/usr/local/bin/eggdrop"
 start_precmd="${name}_prestart"
 
+extra_commands="reload graceful"
+sig_reload="HUP"
+graceful_cmd="eggdrop_graceful"
+
 # Instances logic has been forked from the MySQL port rc service code.
 if [ -n "$2" ]; then
 	instance="$2"
@@ -90,6 +94,14 @@
 pidfile=$eggdrop_pidfile
 command_args="$eggdrop_conf"
 
+eggdrop_graceful()
+{
+    if [ -f $pidfile ]; then
+        echo "Gracefully restart eggdrop..."
+        kill -3 `cat $pidfile`
+    fi
+}
+
 eggdrop_prestart()
 {
 	if [ ! -f "${eggdrop_basedir}/${eggdrop_name}/user" ]; then