diff --git a/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 855940d54..7266b22c8 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) syncIngress(item interface{}) error {
 	setSSLExpireTime(servers)
 
 	ic.runningConfig = &pcfg
-	ic.setForceReload(false)
+	ic.SetForceReload(false)
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -1250,9 +1250,10 @@ func (ic *GenericController) isForceReload() bool {
 	return atomic.LoadInt32(&ic.forceReload) != 0
 }
 
-func (ic *GenericController) setForceReload(shouldReload bool) {
+func (ic *GenericController) SetForceReload(shouldReload bool) {
 	if shouldReload {
 		atomic.StoreInt32(&ic.forceReload, 1)
+		ic.syncQueue.Enqueue(&extensions.Ingress{})
 	} else {
 		atomic.StoreInt32(&ic.forceReload, 0)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/ingress/controller/listers.go b/pkg/ingress/controller/listers.go
index e59af7088..a2da1ab1f 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/controller/listers.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/controller/listers.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createListers(disableNodeLister bool) (*ingress.Sto
 			if mapKey == ic.cfg.ConfigMapName {
 				glog.V(2).Infof("adding configmap %v to backend", mapKey)
 				ic.cfg.Backend.SetConfig(upCmap)
-				ic.setForceReload(true)
+				ic.SetForceReload(true)
 			}
 		},
 		UpdateFunc: func(old, cur interface{}) {
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) createListers(disableNodeLister bool) (*ingress.Sto
 				if mapKey == ic.cfg.ConfigMapName {
 					glog.V(2).Infof("updating configmap backend (%v)", mapKey)
 					ic.cfg.Backend.SetConfig(upCmap)
-					ic.setForceReload(true)
+					ic.SetForceReload(true)
 				}
 				// updates to configuration configmaps can trigger an update
 				if mapKey == ic.cfg.ConfigMapName || mapKey == ic.cfg.TCPConfigMapName || mapKey == ic.cfg.UDPConfigMapName {
diff --git a/pkg/nginx/controller/nginx.go b/pkg/nginx/controller/nginx.go
index 3139fcb7e..55796c50b 100644
--- a/pkg/nginx/controller/nginx.go
+++ b/pkg/nginx/controller/nginx.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ Error loading new template : %v
 		n.t.Close()
 		n.t = template
 		glog.Info("new NGINX template loaded")
+		n.controller.SetForceReload(true)
 	}
 
 	ngxTpl, err := ngx_template.NewTemplate(tmplPath, onChange)