diff --git a/package/network/services/dropbear/files/dropbear.init b/package/network/services/dropbear/files/dropbear.init
index 66ed8b9bfb..9390833d30 100755
--- a/package/network/services/dropbear/files/dropbear.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dropbear/files/dropbear.init
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ start_service()
 	config_foreach dropbear_instance dropbear
 }
 
+service_triggers()
+{
+	procd_add_config_trigger "dropbear" "/etc/init.d/dropbear" "restart"
+}
+
 killclients()
 {
 	local ignore=''