diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/deployer.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/deployer.py
index fe357006..d0ecc0b2 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/deployer.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/postfix/deployer.py
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ class PostfixDeployer(Deployer):
             mode="644",
         )
         need_restart |= login_map.changed
+
+        restart_conf = files.put(
+            name="postfix: restart automatically on failure",
+            src=get_resource("service/10_restart.conf"),
+            dest="/etc/systemd/system/dovecot.service.d/10_restart.conf",
+        )
+        self.daemon_reload = restart_conf.changed
         self.need_restart = need_restart
 
     def activate(self):
@@ -73,5 +80,6 @@ class PostfixDeployer(Deployer):
             running=False if self.disable_mail else True,
             enabled=False if self.disable_mail else True,
             restarted=restart,
+            daemon_reload=self.daemon_reload,
         )
         self.need_restart = False