diff --git a/data/polkit.service.in b/data/polkit.service.in
index 15f44da6..96b5cda1 100644
--- a/data/polkit.service.in
+++ b/data/polkit.service.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=Authorization Manager
 Documentation=man:polkit(8)
 
 [Service]
-Type=dbus
+Type=notify-reload
 BusName=org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1
 CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_SETUID CAP_SETGID
 DeviceAllow=/dev/null rw
diff --git a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c
index e093bdd6..a0264b59 100644
--- a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c
+++ b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c
@@ -463,6 +463,28 @@ polkit_backend_action_pool_get_all_actions (PolkitBackendActionPool *pool,
   return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * polkit_backend_action_pool_reload:
+ * @pool: A #PolkitBackendActionPool.
+ *
+ * Reload all PolicyKit actions in @pool.
+ **/
+void
+polkit_backend_action_pool_reload (PolkitBackendActionPool *pool)
+{
+  PolkitBackendActionPoolPrivate *priv;
+
+  if (!POLKIT_BACKEND_IS_ACTION_POOL (pool))
+    return;
+
+  priv = polkit_backend_action_pool_get_instance_private (pool);
+
+  g_hash_table_remove_all (priv->parsed_files);
+  g_hash_table_remove_all (priv->parsed_actions);
+  priv->has_loaded_all_files = FALSE;
+  ensure_all_files (pool);
+}
+
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.h b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.h
index 1597aee1..a2b76980 100644
--- a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.h
+++ b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ GList                   *polkit_backend_action_pool_get_all_actions  (PolkitBack
 PolkitActionDescription *polkit_backend_action_pool_get_action       (PolkitBackendActionPool  *pool,
                                                                       const gchar              *action_id,
                                                                       const gchar              *locale);
+void                     polkit_backend_action_pool_reload           (PolkitBackendActionPool *pool);
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c
index 232e2ede..34d908f3 100644
--- a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c
+++ b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <polkit/polkit.h>
 #include "polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.h"
 #include "polkitbackendactionpool.h"
+#include "polkitbackendcommon.h"
 #include "polkitbackendsessionmonitor.h"
 
 #include <polkit/polkitprivate.h>
@@ -1409,6 +1410,28 @@ polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization_sync (PolkitBackendInte
   return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * polkit_backend_interactive_authority_reload:
+ * @authority: A #PolkitBackendInteractiveAuthority.
+ *
+ * Reload configuration files.
+ */
+void
+polkit_backend_interactive_authority_reload (PolkitBackendInteractiveAuthority *authority)
+{
+  PolkitBackendInteractiveAuthorityPrivate *priv;
+  PolkitBackendJsAuthority *jsauthority;
+
+  if (!authority)
+    return;
+
+  priv = polkit_backend_interactive_authority_get_instance_private (authority);
+  polkit_backend_action_pool_reload (priv->action_pool);
+
+  jsauthority = POLKIT_BACKEND_JS_AUTHORITY (authority);
+  polkit_backend_common_reload_scripts (jsauthority);
+}
+
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 struct AuthenticationSession
diff --git a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.h b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.h
index 80c4cf13..3cd4f27e 100644
--- a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.h
+++ b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ PolkitImplicitAuthorization polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authoriza
                                                           const gchar                       *action_id,
                                                           PolkitDetails                     *details,
                                                           PolkitImplicitAuthorization        implicit);
+void polkit_backend_interactive_authority_reload (PolkitBackendInteractiveAuthority *authority);
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/src/polkitbackend/polkitd.c b/src/polkitbackend/polkitd.c
index 96874472..de0aa3f5 100644
--- a/src/polkitbackend/polkitd.c
+++ b/src/polkitbackend/polkitd.c
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 #include <polkit/polkit.h>
 #include <polkitbackend/polkitbackend.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+#  include <systemd/sd-daemon.h>
+#endif
+
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 static PolkitBackendAuthority *authority = NULL;
@@ -102,6 +106,34 @@ on_sigint (gpointer user_data)
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+on_sighup (gpointer user_data)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+  gchar reload_message[sizeof("RELOADING=1\nMONOTONIC_USEC=18446744073709551615")];
+  gint64 monotonic_now;
+
+  /* Notify systemd that we are reloading, including a CLOCK_MONOTONIC timestamp in usec
+   * so that the program is compatible with a Type=notify-reload service. */
+
+  monotonic_now = g_get_monotonic_time ();
+  g_snprintf (reload_message, sizeof(reload_message), "RELOADING=1\nMONOTONIC_USEC=%" G_GINT64_FORMAT, monotonic_now);
+
+  sd_notify (0, reload_message);
+#endif
+
+  g_print ("Handling SIGHUP\n");
+
+  polkit_backend_interactive_authority_reload (POLKIT_BACKEND_INTERACTIVE_AUTHORITY (authority));
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+  /* Notify systemd that we have finished reloading. */
+  sd_notify (0, "READY=1\nSTATUS=Processing requests...");
+#endif
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 become_user (const gchar  *user,
              GError      **error)
@@ -176,11 +208,13 @@ main (int    argc,
   GOptionContext *opt_context;
   guint name_owner_id;
   guint sigint_id;
+  guint sighup_id;
 
   loop = NULL;
   opt_context = NULL;
   name_owner_id = 0;
   sigint_id = 0;
+  sighup_id = 0;
   registration_id = NULL;
 
   /* Disable remote file access from GIO. */
@@ -237,6 +271,10 @@ main (int    argc,
                                  on_sigint,
                                  NULL);
 
+  sighup_id = g_unix_signal_add (SIGHUP,
+                                 on_sighup,
+                                 NULL);
+
   name_owner_id = g_bus_own_name (G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM,
                                   "org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1",
                                   G_BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT |
@@ -248,12 +286,23 @@ main (int    argc,
                                   NULL);
 
   g_print ("Entering main event loop\n");
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+  sd_notify (0, "READY=1\nSTATUS=Processing requests...");
+#endif
+
   g_main_loop_run (loop);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+  sd_notify (0, "STOPPING=1");
+#endif
+
   g_print ("Shutting down\n");
  out:
   if (sigint_id > 0)
     g_source_remove (sigint_id);
+  if (sighup_id > 0)
+    g_source_remove (sighup_id);
   if (name_owner_id != 0)
     g_bus_unown_name (name_owner_id);
   if (registration_id != NULL)
diff --git a/test/integration/systemd/test.sh b/test/integration/systemd/test.sh
index c0f6f015..8dd98c8d 100755
--- a/test/integration/systemd/test.sh
+++ b/test/integration/systemd/test.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ at_exit() {
     : "Cleanup"
     userdel -rf "$TEST_USER"
     rm -f /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/99-test.rules
-    systemctl restart polkit
+    systemctl reload polkit
 }
 
 trap at_exit EXIT
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ EOF
 systemctl daemon-reload
 # Copy the test polkit rule in place
 cp -fv "$TEST_RULES/start-restart-stop-unit.rules" /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/99-test.rules
-systemctl restart polkit
+systemctl reload polkit
 # Following systemctl invocations should not trigger polkit's authentication prompt
 sudo -u "$TEST_USER" systemctl start start-restart-stop.service
 sudo -u "$TEST_USER" systemctl restart start-restart-stop.service