diff --git a/package/system/procd/Makefile b/package/system/procd/Makefile
index 8f3d57851c..35305f8773 100644
--- a/package/system/procd/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/procd/Makefile
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=procd
-PKG_VERSION:=2016-12-02
+PKG_VERSION:=2016-12-13
 
 PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(LEDE_GIT)/project/procd.git
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=a07669704798cb0262485f69c5547033c64ade58
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=f800ecf860addd4fc7f1acde76a9adbd4b1f50e7
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_MIRROR_MD5SUM:=d6a6760133a8ceb78d717a851f426266a35e3957381876d91824e9877fa8c096
+PKG_MIRROR_MD5SUM:=0e47fd3bf141e8f12866d9ec79cb42c971b3f6691eb87ce1ef71dc7473ab5ee4
 CMAKE_INSTALL:=1
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
diff --git a/package/system/procd/files/procd.sh b/package/system/procd/files/procd.sh
index 290c90eb81..d2c5b424a7 100644
--- a/package/system/procd/files/procd.sh
+++ b/package/system/procd/files/procd.sh
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ _procd_set_param() {
 			json_add_string "" "$@"
 			json_close_array
 		;;
-		nice)
+		nice|reload_signal)
 			json_add_int "$type" "$1"
 		;;
 		pidfile|user|seccomp|capabilities)