diff --git a/man/openrc-run.8 b/man/openrc-run.8
index 470498199..d981251f7 100644
--- a/man/openrc-run.8
+++ b/man/openrc-run.8
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ Stops and starts the service, including dependencies. This cannot be
 overridden. See the description of the RC_CMD variable below for the
 method to make your service behave differently when restart is being
 executed.
+.It Ar reload 
+Sends reload (SIGHUP) signal to the service, only supported when supervisor is supervise-daemon
+or s6. Note that this may kill daemons which do not process SIGHUP, supervise-daemon will restart them.
 .It Ar status
 Shows the status of the service. The return code matches the status, with the
 exception of "started" returning 0 to match standard command behaviour.
diff --git a/sh/openrc-run.sh.in b/sh/openrc-run.sh.in
index d37774e25..61184c27f 100644
--- a/sh/openrc-run.sh.in
+++ b/sh/openrc-run.sh.in
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ default_reload()
 {
 	case "$supervisor" in
 		s6) s6_reload ;;
+		supervise-daemon) supervise_reload ;;
 		?*)
 			eerror "$RC_SVCNAME: undefined function 'reload'"
 			exit 1
diff --git a/sh/supervise-daemon.sh b/sh/supervise-daemon.sh
index 331b8e908..4ea81d80b 100644
--- a/sh/supervise-daemon.sh
+++ b/sh/supervise-daemon.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # This file may not be copied, modified, propagated, or distributed
 #    except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file.
 
-extra_commands="healthcheck unhealthy ${extra_commands}"
+extra_commands="healthcheck unhealthy reload ${extra_commands}"
 
 supervise_start()
 {
@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ supervise_stop()
 	eend $? "Failed to stop ${name:-$RC_SVCNAME}"
 }
 
+supervise_reload()
+{
+	case "${reloadsig}" in
+			"") eerror "Reloading is disabled for ${name:-$RC_SVCNAME}" ;;
+			*)
+				ebegin "Reloading ${name:-$RC_SVCNAME}"
+				supervise-daemon "${RC_SVCNAME}" --signal "${reloadsig:-"HUP"}"
+				eend $? "Failed to reload ${name:-$RC_SVCNAME}"
+				;;
+	esac
+}
+
 _check_supervised()
 {
 	local child_pid start_time