diff --git a/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile b/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile
index b47151e467..50540d54e7 100644
--- a/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile
+++ b/admin/syslog-ng/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=syslog-ng
 PKG_VERSION:=3.26.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Josef Schlehofer <josef.schlehofer@nic.cz>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later GPL-2.0-or-later
diff --git a/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init b/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init
index b68c6574f5..5ca2d2aa7f 100644
--- a/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init
+++ b/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ start_service() {
 	procd_set_param command /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --foreground
 	procd_close_instance
 }
+
+reload_service() {
+	/usr/sbin/syslog-ng-ctl reload
+}