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diff --git a/cloudinit/handlers/upstart_job.py b/cloudinit/handlers/upstart_job.py
index a5cb9b0c..3d8833a1 100644
--- a/cloudinit/handlers/upstart_job.py
+++ b/cloudinit/handlers/upstart_job.py
@@ -64,3 +64,15 @@ class UpstartJobPartHandler(handlers.Handler):
payload = util.dos2unix(payload)
path = os.path.join(self.upstart_dir, filename)
util.write_file(path, payload, 0644)
+
+ # FIXME LATER (LP: #1124384)
+ # a bug in upstart means that invoking reload-configuration
+ # at this stage in boot causes havoc. So, until that is fixed
+ # we will not do that. However, I'd like to be able to easily
+ # test to see if this bug is still present in an image with
+ # a newer upstart. So, a boot hook could easiliy write this file.
+ if os.path.exists("/run/cloud-init-upstart-reload"):
+ # if inotify support is not present in the root filesystem
+ # (overlayroot) then we need to tell upstart to re-read /etc
+
+ util.subp(["initctl", "reload-configuration"], capture=False)