diff --git a/providers/service.rb b/providers/service.rb
index 4c1d759..bcb5867 100644
--- a/providers/service.rb
+++ b/providers/service.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
   end
 end
 
+action :reread do
+  converge_by("Re-reading #{ new_resource }") do
+    reread_service
+  end
+end
+
 action :disable do
   if current_resource.state == 'UNAVAILABLE'
     Chef::Log.info "#{new_resource} is already disabled."
@@ -105,6 +111,30 @@ def enable_service
   end
 end
 
+def reread_service
+  e = execute "supervisorctl reread" do
+    action :nothing
+    user "root"
+  end
+
+  t = template "#{node['supervisor']['dir']}/#{new_resource.service_name}.conf" do
+    source "program.conf.erb"
+    cookbook "supervisor"
+    owner "root"
+    group "root"
+    mode "644"
+    variables :prog => new_resource
+    Chef::Log.info "supervisorctl reread [#{new_resource.service_name}] "
+    notifies :run, "execute[supervisorctl reread]", :immediately
+  end
+
+  t.run_action(:create)
+  if t.updated?
+    e.run_action(:run)
+  end
+
+end
+
 def disable_service
   execute "supervisorctl update" do
     action :nothing
diff --git a/resources/service.rb b/resources/service.rb
index 4e3f6ce..2dd9534 100644
--- a/resources/service.rb
+++ b/resources/service.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-actions :enable, :disable, :start, :stop, :restart
+actions :enable, :disable, :start, :stop, :restart, :reread
 default_action :enable
 
 attribute :service_name, :kind_of => String, :name_attribute => true