diff --git a/strongswan/defaults.yaml b/strongswan/defaults.yaml
index 14ad2e7..7b789b3 100644
--- a/strongswan/defaults.yaml
+++ b/strongswan/defaults.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ strongswan:
     dropin_secrets: /etc/ipsec.secrets.d
   service:
     name: strongswan
+    reload: true
diff --git a/strongswan/osfingermap.yaml b/strongswan/osfingermap.yaml
index 3e177fa..4a3f51f 100644
--- a/strongswan/osfingermap.yaml
+++ b/strongswan/osfingermap.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 Ubuntu-20.04:
   service:
     name: strongswan-starter
+Ubuntu-16.04:
+  service:
+    reload: false
 
 # os: CentOS
 CentOS-6: {}
diff --git a/strongswan/service.sls b/strongswan/service.sls
index cf5c650..4f0b0d8 100644
--- a/strongswan/service.sls
+++ b/strongswan/service.sls
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ strongswan-service:
   service.running:
     - name: {{ strongswan.service.name }}
     - enable: True
-    - reload: True
+    - reload: {{ strongswan.service.reload }}
     - watch:
       - file: {{ strongswan.config.global_options }}
       - file: {{ strongswan.config.global_secrets }}