diff --git a/recipes/mariadb-cluster-server.rb b/recipes/mariadb-cluster-server.rb
index 088e761..19695aa 100644
--- a/recipes/mariadb-cluster-server.rb
+++ b/recipes/mariadb-cluster-server.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ mariadb_galera_configuration 'MariaDB Galera Configuration' do
   gcomm_address gcomm_address
   wsrep_provider_options provider_options
   wsrep_sst_method 'rsync'
+  notifies :restart, 'service[mysql]', :immediately
 end
 
 # Install clustercheck tool
diff --git a/spec/mariadb-cluster-server_spec.rb b/spec/mariadb-cluster-server_spec.rb
index b1588d3..76a3273 100644
--- a/spec/mariadb-cluster-server_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mariadb-cluster-server_spec.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ describe 'openstack-ops-database::mariadb-cluster-server' do
       )
     end
 
+    it do
+      expect(chef_run.mariadb_galera_configuration('MariaDB Galera Configuration')).to notify('service[mysql]').to(:restart).immediately
+    end
+
     it do
       expect(chef_run).to create_if_missing_cookbook_file('/usr/bin/clustercheck').with(
         source: 'clustercheck',