diff --git a/tasks/install_needrestart.yml b/tasks/install_needrestart.yml
index 5f517360eb0a21ed8f17b349266fb438b6b7d670..52c4beedb88d2ec38e56ae16cef9eb5fa8ed0c21 100644
--- a/tasks/install_needrestart.yml
+++ b/tasks/install_needrestart.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
     mode: "0644"
     block: |
       $nrconf{'nagios-status'}->{sessions} = 0;
+      $nrconf{restart} = 'a';