diff --git a/src/bgp/bgp.c b/src/bgp/bgp.c
index 124ab2ddf..f4e99ba1d 100644
--- a/src/bgp/bgp.c
+++ b/src/bgp/bgp.c
@@ -640,6 +640,11 @@ void skinny_bgp_daemon_online()
       reload_log_bgp_thread = FALSE;
     }
 
+    if (reload_log && !bgp_misc_db->is_thread) {
+      reload_logs();
+      reload_log = FALSE;
+    }
+
     if (bgp_misc_db->msglog_backend_methods || bgp_misc_db->dump_backend_methods) {
       gettimeofday(&bgp_misc_db->log_tstamp, NULL);
       compose_timestamp(bgp_misc_db->log_tstamp_str, SRVBUFLEN, &bgp_misc_db->log_tstamp, TRUE,
diff --git a/src/bmp/bmp.c b/src/bmp/bmp.c
index 13e300bbe..9eb977d56 100644
--- a/src/bmp/bmp.c
+++ b/src/bmp/bmp.c
@@ -590,6 +590,11 @@ void skinny_bmp_daemon()
       reload_log_bmp_thread = FALSE;
     }
 
+    if (reload_log && !bmp_misc_db->is_thread) {
+      reload_logs();
+      reload_log = FALSE;
+    }
+
     if (bmp_misc_db->msglog_backend_methods || bmp_misc_db->dump_backend_methods) {
       gettimeofday(&bmp_misc_db->log_tstamp, NULL);
       compose_timestamp(bmp_misc_db->log_tstamp_str, SRVBUFLEN, &bmp_misc_db->log_tstamp, TRUE,
diff --git a/src/imt_plugin.c b/src/imt_plugin.c
index 027992842..357f7d67e 100644
--- a/src/imt_plugin.c
+++ b/src/imt_plugin.c
@@ -361,6 +361,11 @@ void imt_plugin(int pipe_fd, struct configuration *cfgptr, void *ptr)
       reload_map = FALSE;
     }
 
+    if (reload_log) {
+      reload_logs();
+      reload_log = FALSE;
+    }
+
     if (poll_fd[0].revents & POLLIN) {
 #ifdef WITH_ZMQ
       read_data:
diff --git a/src/nfacctd.c b/src/nfacctd.c
index b108bff2c..8c7284c99 100644
--- a/src/nfacctd.c
+++ b/src/nfacctd.c
@@ -1195,6 +1195,11 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv, char **envp)
       gettimeofday(&reload_map_tstamp, NULL);
     }
 
+    if (reload_log) {
+      reload_logs();
+      reload_log = FALSE;
+    }
+
     if (print_stats) {
       time_t now = time(NULL);
 
diff --git a/src/nfprobe_plugin/nfprobe_plugin.c b/src/nfprobe_plugin/nfprobe_plugin.c
index 8d53dd20f..f92545524 100644
--- a/src/nfprobe_plugin/nfprobe_plugin.c
+++ b/src/nfprobe_plugin/nfprobe_plugin.c
@@ -1547,6 +1547,11 @@ void nfprobe_plugin(int pipe_fd, struct configuration *cfgptr, void *ptr)
       reload_map = FALSE;
     }
 
+    if (reload_log) {
+      reload_logs();
+      reload_log = FALSE;
+    }
+
     recv_budget = 0;
     if (poll_bypass) {
       poll_bypass = FALSE;
diff --git a/src/nl.c b/src/nl.c
index b52dd2768..efd19b430 100644
--- a/src/nl.c
+++ b/src/nl.c
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ void pcap_cb(u_char *user, const struct pcap_pkthdr *pkthdr, const u_char *buf)
     gettimeofday(&reload_map_tstamp, NULL);
   }
 
+  if (reload_log) {
+    reload_logs();
+    reload_log = FALSE;
+  }
+
   if (cb_data->has_tun_prims && pptrs.tun_pptrs) {
     struct packet_ptrs *tpptrs = (struct packet_ptrs *) pptrs.tun_pptrs;
 
diff --git a/src/plugin_common.c b/src/plugin_common.c
index e4a38ec2a..0f5328da0 100644
--- a/src/plugin_common.c
+++ b/src/plugin_common.c
@@ -672,6 +672,11 @@ void P_cache_handle_flush_event(struct ports_table *pt)
     load_ports(config.ports_file, pt);
     reload_map = FALSE;
   }
+
+  if (reload_log) {
+    reload_logs();
+    reload_log = FALSE;
+  }
 }
 
 void P_cache_mark_flush(struct chained_cache *queue[], int index, int exiting)
diff --git a/src/pmacct-build.h b/src/pmacct-build.h
index bc82a1be9..c938060cb 100644
--- a/src/pmacct-build.h
+++ b/src/pmacct-build.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define PMACCT_BUILD	"20191120-00"
+#define PMACCT_BUILD	"20191122-00"
diff --git a/src/pmacct-globals.c b/src/pmacct-globals.c
index 7dcd2bada..90a922297 100644
--- a/src/pmacct-globals.c
+++ b/src/pmacct-globals.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct utpl_field *(*get_ext_db_ie_by_type)(struct template_cache_entry *, u_int
 char sll_mac[2][ETH_ADDR_LEN];
 struct host_addr mcast_groups[MAX_MCAST_GROUPS];
 int reload_map, reload_map_exec_plugins, reload_geoipv2_file;
-int reload_map_bgp_thread, reload_log_bgp_thread;
+int reload_map_bgp_thread, reload_log, reload_log_bgp_thread;
 int reload_map_bmp_thread, reload_log_bmp_thread;
 int reload_map_rpki_thread, reload_log_rpki_thread;
 int reload_map_telemetry_thread, reload_log_telemetry_thread;
diff --git a/src/pmacct.h b/src/pmacct.h
index 81019a0f5..a9bd7b5a1 100644
--- a/src/pmacct.h
+++ b/src/pmacct.h
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ initsetproctitle(int, char**, char**);
 extern char sll_mac[2][ETH_ADDR_LEN];
 extern struct host_addr mcast_groups[MAX_MCAST_GROUPS];
 extern int reload_map, reload_map_exec_plugins, reload_geoipv2_file;
-extern int reload_map_bgp_thread, reload_log_bgp_thread;
+extern int reload_map_bgp_thread, reload_log, reload_log_bgp_thread;
 extern int reload_map_bmp_thread, reload_log_bmp_thread;
 extern int reload_map_rpki_thread, reload_log_rpki_thread;
 extern int reload_map_telemetry_thread, reload_log_telemetry_thread;
diff --git a/src/sfacctd.c b/src/sfacctd.c
index d889ed6f8..ca94d6d04 100644
--- a/src/sfacctd.c
+++ b/src/sfacctd.c
@@ -1256,6 +1256,11 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv, char **envp)
       gettimeofday(&reload_map_tstamp, NULL);
     }
 
+    if (reload_log) {
+      reload_logs();
+      reload_log = FALSE;
+    }
+
     if (reload_log_sf_cnt) {
       int nodes_idx;
 
diff --git a/src/sfprobe_plugin/sfprobe_plugin.c b/src/sfprobe_plugin/sfprobe_plugin.c
index d97c38641..b1b4c9fe9 100644
--- a/src/sfprobe_plugin/sfprobe_plugin.c
+++ b/src/sfprobe_plugin/sfprobe_plugin.c
@@ -730,6 +730,11 @@ void sfprobe_plugin(int pipe_fd, struct configuration *cfgptr, void *ptr)
       reload_map = FALSE;
     }
 
+    if (reload_log) {
+      reload_logs();
+      reload_log = FALSE;
+    }
+
     recv_budget = 0;
     if (poll_bypass) {
       poll_bypass = FALSE;
diff --git a/src/signals.c b/src/signals.c
index c43bd12fe..c8e09d37b 100644
--- a/src/signals.c
+++ b/src/signals.c
@@ -175,29 +175,11 @@ void PM_sigint_handler(int signum)
 
 void reload()
 {
-  int logf;
-
-  if (config.syslog) {
-    closelog();
-    logf = parse_log_facility(config.syslog);
-    if (logf == ERR) {
-      config.syslog = NULL;
-      Log(LOG_WARNING, "WARN ( %s/%s ): specified syslog facility is not supported; logging to console.\n", config.name, config.type);
-    }
-    openlog(NULL, LOG_PID, logf);
-    Log(LOG_INFO, "INFO ( %s/%s ): Start logging ...\n", config.name, config.type);
-  }
-
-  if (config.logfile) {
-    fclose(config.logfile_fd);
-    config.logfile_fd = open_output_file(config.logfile, "a", FALSE);
-  }
-
+  reload_log = TRUE;
   if (config.nfacctd_bgp_msglog_file) reload_log_bgp_thread = TRUE;
   if (config.nfacctd_bmp_msglog_file) reload_log_bmp_thread = TRUE;
   if (config.sfacctd_counter_file) reload_log_sf_cnt = TRUE;
   if (config.telemetry_msglog_file) reload_log_telemetry_thread = TRUE;
-
 }
 
 void push_stats()
diff --git a/src/sql_common.c b/src/sql_common.c
index be2ce0ef4..f9e56f7e2 100644
--- a/src/sql_common.c
+++ b/src/sql_common.c
@@ -501,6 +501,11 @@ void sql_cache_handle_flush_event(struct insert_data *idata, time_t *refresh_dea
     load_ports(config.ports_file, pt);
     reload_map = FALSE;
   }
+
+  if (reload_log) {
+    reload_logs();
+    reload_log = FALSE;
+  }
 }
 
 struct db_cache *sql_cache_search(struct primitives_ptrs *prim_ptrs, time_t basetime)
diff --git a/src/tee_plugin/tee_plugin.c b/src/tee_plugin/tee_plugin.c
index 51d73906d..0be73a9f1 100644
--- a/src/tee_plugin/tee_plugin.c
+++ b/src/tee_plugin/tee_plugin.c
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ void tee_plugin(int pipe_fd, struct configuration *cfgptr, void *ptr)
       reload_map = FALSE;
     }
 
+    if (reload_log) {
+      reload_logs();
+      reload_log = FALSE;
+    }
+
     recv_budget = 0;
     if (poll_bypass) {
       poll_bypass = FALSE;
diff --git a/src/telemetry/telemetry.c b/src/telemetry/telemetry.c
index 96d98deed..1452a73bd 100644
--- a/src/telemetry/telemetry.c
+++ b/src/telemetry/telemetry.c
@@ -548,6 +548,11 @@ void telemetry_daemon(void *t_data_void)
       reload_log_telemetry_thread = FALSE;
     }
 
+    if (reload_log && !telemetry_misc_db->is_thread) {
+      reload_logs();
+      reload_log = FALSE;
+    }
+
     if (telemetry_misc_db->msglog_backend_methods || telemetry_misc_db->dump_backend_methods) {
       gettimeofday(&telemetry_misc_db->log_tstamp, NULL);
       compose_timestamp(telemetry_misc_db->log_tstamp_str, SRVBUFLEN, &telemetry_misc_db->log_tstamp, TRUE,
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 2b9bc5da6..977d09250 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -3143,3 +3143,24 @@ char *null_terminate(char *str, int len)
 
   return loc;
 }
+
+void reload_logs()
+{
+  int logf;
+
+  if (config.syslog) {
+    closelog();
+    logf = parse_log_facility(config.syslog);
+    if (logf == ERR) {
+      config.syslog = NULL;
+      Log(LOG_WARNING, "WARN ( %s/%s ): specified syslog facility is not supported; logging to console.\n", config.name, config.type);
+    }
+    openlog(NULL, LOG_PID, logf);
+    Log(LOG_INFO, "INFO ( %s/%s ): Start logging ...\n", config.name, config.type);
+  }
+
+  if (config.logfile) {
+    fclose(config.logfile_fd);
+    config.logfile_fd = open_output_file(config.logfile, "a", FALSE);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 38781067c..ad35a8160 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ extern void parse_hostport(const char *, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *);
 extern bool is_prime(u_int32_t);
 extern u_int32_t next_prime(u_int32_t);
 extern char *null_terminate(char *, int);
+extern void reload_logs();
 
 extern char *compose_json_str(void *);
 extern void write_and_free_json(FILE *, void *);