diff --git a/package/apache/S50apache b/package/apache/S50apache
index 623a7eef3b..b687419055 100644
--- a/package/apache/S50apache
+++ b/package/apache/S50apache
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ case "$1" in
   start|restart|graceful|graceful-stop|stop)
 	apachectl -k $1
 	;;
+  reload)
+	apachectl -k restart
+	;;
   *)
-	echo "Usage: $0 {start|restart|graceful|graceful-stop|stop}"
+	echo "Usage: $0 {start|restart|reload|graceful|graceful-stop|stop}"
 	exit 1
 esac