diff --git a/roles/cron/handlers/main.yml b/roles/cron/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ab0f19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/cron/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+- name: restart cron
+  service: name=cronie.service state=restarted
diff --git a/roles/mail/meta/main.yml b/roles/mail/meta/main.yml
index 54f727d..e2eac46 100644
--- a/roles/mail/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mail/meta/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 dependencies:
   - { role: networkmanager }
   - { role: systemd }
+  - { role: cron }
diff --git a/roles/mail/tasks/msmtp.yml b/roles/mail/tasks/msmtp.yml
index 847375b..1553a93 100644
--- a/roles/mail/tasks/msmtp.yml
+++ b/roles/mail/tasks/msmtp.yml
@@ -36,11 +36,16 @@
   file: path=/etc/systemd/system/cronie.service.d state=directory
   tags:
     - msmtp
+    - cron
 
 - name: Override cronie send mail via msmtp
   copy: src=cronie-service-msmtp.conf dest=/etc/systemd/system/cronie.service.d/msmtp.conf
+  notify:
+    - reload systemd config
+    - restart cron
   tags:
     - msmtp
+    - cron
 
 - name: Copy msmtpq script
   copy: src=/usr/share/doc/msmtp/msmtpq/msmtpq dest=/usr/local/bin/ mode=0755