diff --git a/bench/app.py b/bench/app.py
index 443156f3..436700c3 100755
--- a/bench/app.py
+++ b/bench/app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from .utils import (exec_cmd, get_frappe, check_git_for_shallow_clone, build_assets,
-	restart_supervisor_processes, get_cmd_output, run_frappe_cmd, CommandFailedError)
+	restart_supervisor_processes, get_cmd_output, run_frappe_cmd, CommandFailedError,
+	restart_systemd_processes)
 from .config.common_site_config import get_config
 
 import logging
@@ -110,6 +111,8 @@ def get_app(git_url, branch=None, bench_path='.', build_asset_files=True, verbos
 	conf = get_config(bench_path=bench_path)
 	if conf.get('restart_supervisor_on_update'):
 		restart_supervisor_processes(bench_path=bench_path)
+	if conf.get('restart_systemd_on_update'):
+		restart_systemd_processes(bench_path=bench_path)
 
 def new_app(app, bench_path='.'):
 	# For backwards compatibility
@@ -160,7 +163,8 @@ def remove_app(app, bench_path='.'):
 	run_frappe_cmd("build", bench_path=bench_path)
 	if get_config(bench_path).get('restart_supervisor_on_update'):
 		restart_supervisor_processes(bench_path=bench_path)
-
+	if get_config(bench_path).get('restart_systemd_on_update'):
+		restart_systemd_processes(bench_path=bench_path)
 
 def pull_all_apps(bench_path='.', reset=False):
 	'''Check all apps if there no local changes, pull'''
diff --git a/bench/commands/config.py b/bench/commands/config.py
index cd94985a..a7a0f3ec 100644
--- a/bench/commands/config.py
+++ b/bench/commands/config.py
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ def config_restart_supervisor_on_update(state):
 	state = True if state == 'on' else False
 	update_config({'restart_supervisor_on_update': state})
 
+@click.command('restart_systemd_on_update')
+@click.argument('state', type=click.Choice(['on', 'off']))
+def config_restart_systemd_on_update(state):
+	"Enable/Disable auto restart of systemd units"
+	state = True if state == 'on' else False
+	update_config({'restart_systemd_on_update': state})
 
 @click.command('update_bench_on_update')
 @click.argument('state', type=click.Choice(['on', 'off']))
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@ def remove_common_config(keys):
 config.add_command(config_auto_update)
 config.add_command(config_update_bench_on_update)
 config.add_command(config_restart_supervisor_on_update)
+config.add_command(config_restart_systemd_on_update)
 config.add_command(config_dns_multitenant)
 config.add_command(config_serve_default_site)
 config.add_command(config_http_timeout)
diff --git a/bench/commands/utils.py b/bench/commands/utils.py
index 3a3202c4..9445def6 100644
--- a/bench/commands/utils.py
+++ b/bench/commands/utils.py
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ def start(no_dev, concurrency):
 @click.command('restart')
 @click.option('--web', is_flag=True, default=False)
 def restart(web):
-	"Restart supervisor processes"
-	from bench.utils import restart_supervisor_processes
-	restart_supervisor_processes(bench_path='.', web_workers=web)
-
+	"Restart supervisor processes or systemd units"
+	from bench.utils import restart_supervisor_processes, restart_systemd_processes
+	from bench.config.common_site_config import get_config
+	if get_config('.').get('restart_supervisor_on_update') == True:
+		restart_supervisor_processes(bench_path='.', web_workers=web)
+	if get_config('.').get('restart_systemd_on_update'):
+		restart_systemd_processes(bench_path='.', web_workers=web)
 
 @click.command('set-nginx-port')
 @click.argument('site')
diff --git a/bench/config/common_site_config.py b/bench/config/common_site_config.py
index f99b07cb..d0cbddb2 100644
--- a/bench/config/common_site_config.py
+++ b/bench/config/common_site_config.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 default_config = {
 	'restart_supervisor_on_update': False,
+	'restart_systemd_on_update': False,
 	'auto_update': False,
 	'serve_default_site': True,
 	'rebase_on_pull': False,