diff --git a/apache/handlers/main.yml b/apache/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bfb4744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: restart apache
+  service:
+    name: apache2
+    state: restarted
+