diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index ef9ade2a..e281847b 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ class cinder::api (
       enable => false,
       tag    => ['cinder-service'],
     }
+    Service <| title == 'httpd' |> { tag +> 'cinder-service' }
 
     # we need to make sure cinder-api/eventlet is stopped before trying to start apache
     Service['cinder-api'] -> Service[$service_name]
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/restart-apache-6b5d1e4ef37b7ff6.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/restart-apache-6b5d1e4ef37b7ff6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0791d5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/restart-apache-6b5d1e4ef37b7ff6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Notify Apache in case the API is served in that context when the API is
+    supposed to be restarted, for instance due to configuration changes.