diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent_server.spec.tmpl b/confluent_server/confluent_server.spec.tmpl
index 315daea9..6a8c7aec 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent_server.spec.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent_server.spec.tmpl
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ done
 grep -v confluent/__init__.py INSTALLED_FILES.bare > INSTALLED_FILES
 cat INSTALLED_FILES
 
+%post
+if [ -x /usr/bin/systemctl ]; then /usr/bin/systemctl try-restart confluent; fi
+
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT