diff --git a/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec b/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec
index 1d92241d..cbbbc920 100644
--- a/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec
+++ b/lam-packaging/RPM/ldap-account-manager.spec
@@ -93,18 +93,18 @@ if [ ! -f /var/lib/%{lam_dir}/config/config.cfg ]; then
 	fi
 fi
 %if %is_suse
-/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
+/etc/init.d/apache2 reload
 %endif
 %if %is_fedora
-/etc/init.d/httpd restart
+/etc/init.d/httpd reload
 %endif
 
 %postun
 %if %is_suse
-/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
+/etc/init.d/apache2 reload
 %endif
 %if %is_fedora
-/etc/init.d/httpd restart
+/etc/init.d/httpd reload
 %endif
 
 %files
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ fi
 %{httpd_confdir}
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Oct 07 2012 - Roland Gruber post@rolandgruber.de
+- Apache reload instead of restart
+
 * Wed Jun 08 2011 - Roland Gruber post@rolandgruber.de
 - Install into /usr/share/ldap-account-manager
 
diff --git a/lam-packaging/debian/postinst b/lam-packaging/debian/postinst
index a01aa455..4d756426 100755
--- a/lam-packaging/debian/postinst
+++ b/lam-packaging/debian/postinst
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
        for server in $restart; do
            server=${server%,}
            if [ -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ]; then
-               invoke-rc.d $server restart
+               invoke-rc.d $server reload
            else
-               /etc/init.d/$server restart
+               /etc/init.d/$server reload
            fi
        done
    fi
diff --git a/lam-packaging/debian/postrm b/lam-packaging/debian/postrm
index 4769fda7..5a3c37bc 100755
--- a/lam-packaging/debian/postrm
+++ b/lam-packaging/debian/postrm
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ if [ -f /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ]; then
 		for server in $restart; do
 				server=${server%,}
 				if [ -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ]; then
-						invoke-rc.d $server restart
+						invoke-rc.d $server reload
 				else
-						/etc/init.d/$server restart
+						/etc/init.d/$server reload
 				fi
 		done
 	fi