diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/openbsc.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/openbsc.pp
index e5388bd..50333f1 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/openbsc.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/openbsc.pp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class rhizo_base::openbsc {
   file { '/etc/osmocom/osmo-nitb.cfg':
       content => template('rhizo_base/osmo-nitb.cfg.erb'),
       require => Package['osmocom-nitb'],
-      notify  => Exec['restart-nitb'],
+      notify  => Exec['notify-nitb'],
     }
 
   exec { 'hlr_pragma_wal':
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ class rhizo_base::openbsc {
       refreshonly => true,
     }
 
+  exec { 'notify-nitb':
+      command     => '/bin/echo 1 > /tmp/OSMO-dirty',
+      refreshonly => true,
+    }
+
   exec { 'restart-nitb':
       command     => '/usr/bin/sv restart osmo-nitb',
       require     => Class['rhizo_base::packages'],