diff --git a/daemon/daemon.c b/daemon/daemon.c
index 6820e1181..994489e21 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon/daemon.c
@@ -662,7 +662,10 @@ daemon_fork(struct daemon* daemon)
 	log_info("start of service (%s).", PACKAGE_STRING);
 	worker_work(daemon->workers[0]);
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
-	sd_notify(0, "STOPPING=1");
+	if (daemon->workers[0]->need_to_exit)
+		sd_notify(0, "STOPPING=1");
+	else
+		sd_notify(0, "RELOADING=1");
 #endif
 	log_info("service stopped (%s).", PACKAGE_STRING);
 
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index a5d4034fd..88ea6a949 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+21 June 2018: Wouter
+	- #4108: systemd reload hang fix.
+
 19 June 2018: Wouter
 	- Fix for unbound-control on Windows and set TCP socket parameters
 	  more closely.