diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 404696a..9f17573 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ omnibus-gitlab repository.
 - Add a Centos 7 SELinux module for ssh-keygen permissions
 - Log `rake db:migrate` output in /tmp
 - Support `issue_closing_pattern` via gitlab.rb (Michael Hill)
+- Use SIGHUP for zero-downtime NGINX configuration changes
 
 7.2.0
 - Pass environment variables to Unicorn and Sidekiq (Chris Portman)
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/nginx.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/nginx.rb
index 209ccb8..10537a6 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/nginx.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/nginx.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ end
 
 runit_service "nginx" do
   down node['gitlab']['nginx']['ha']
+  restart_command 'h' # Restart NGINX using SIGHUP
   options({
     :log_directory => nginx_log_dir
   }.merge(params))
--
libgit2 0.21.2