diff --git a/src/main-utils.c b/src/main-utils.c
index 132b708916..8d806e40b2 100644
--- a/src/main-utils.c
+++ b/src/main-utils.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ signal_handling_thread (void *arg)
 			break;
 		case SIGHUP:
 			/* Reread config stuff like system config files, VPN service files, etc */
-			nm_log_info (LOGD_CORE, "caught signal %d, not supported yet.", signo);
+			nm_main_config_reload ();
 			break;
 		case SIGPIPE:
 			/* silently ignore signal */
diff --git a/src/main-utils.h b/src/main-utils.h
index 4242ce4d01..a34a6df40e 100644
--- a/src/main-utils.h
+++ b/src/main-utils.h
@@ -41,4 +41,9 @@ gboolean nm_main_utils_early_setup (const char *progname,
                                     gpointer option_context_hook_data,
                                     const char *summary);
 
+/* The following functions are not implemented inside nm-main-utils.c, instead
+ * main.c and nm-iface-helper.c */
+
+void nm_main_config_reload (void);
+
 #endif /* __MAIN_UTILS_H__ */
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index f7742de223..e82e4d3501 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ _init_nm_debug (const char *debug)
 		_set_g_fatal_warnings ();
 }
 
+void
+nm_main_config_reload ()
+{
+	nm_log_info (LOGD_CORE, "reloading configuration not supported.");
+}
+
 static void
 manager_configure_quit (NMManager *manager, gpointer user_data)
 {
diff --git a/src/nm-iface-helper.c b/src/nm-iface-helper.c
index d53f8b43b8..1e32524356 100644
--- a/src/nm-iface-helper.c
+++ b/src/nm-iface-helper.c
@@ -510,6 +510,12 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 /*******************************************************/
 /* Stub functions */
 
+void
+nm_main_config_reload ()
+{
+	nm_log_info (LOGD_CORE, "reloading configuration not supported");
+}
+
 gconstpointer nm_config_get (void);
 const char *nm_config_get_dhcp_client (gpointer unused);
 gboolean nm_config_get_configure_and_quit (gpointer unused);