diff --git a/modules/services/unix/irc/irc2/irc2.pp b/modules/services/unix/irc/irc2/irc2.pp
index 495fa6cb0..f73309197 100644
--- a/modules/services/unix/irc/irc2/irc2.pp
+++ b/modules/services/unix/irc/irc2/irc2.pp
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 include irc2::install
-include irc2::config
\ No newline at end of file
+include irc2::service
diff --git a/modules/services/unix/irc/irc2/manifests/config.pp b/modules/services/unix/irc/irc2/manifests/config.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index cf66fbc7a..000000000
--- a/modules/services/unix/irc/irc2/manifests/config.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-class irc2::config {
-  service { 'ircd-irc2':
-    enable => true,
-    ensure => 'running',
-  }
-}
diff --git a/modules/services/unix/irc/irc2/manifests/service.pp b/modules/services/unix/irc/irc2/manifests/service.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02b401fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/unix/irc/irc2/manifests/service.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class irc2::service {
+  exec { 'irc2-systemd-reload':
+    command     => 'systemctl daemon-reload',
+    path        => [ '/usr/bin', '/bin', '/usr/sbin' ],
+    refreshonly => true,
+  }->
+  service { 'ircd-irc2':
+    enable => true,
+    ensure => 'running',
+    provider => systemd,
+  }
+}