diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 98d93ef58a..c5b1f76363 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-02-25  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/backends/NetworkManagerRedHat.c
+		- For non-caching-nameserver/non-named case, ensure that nscd is running
+			and that we actually tell nscd to reload the hosts cache when it changes
+
 2005-02-25  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* info-daemon/NetworkManagerInfoDbus.c
diff --git a/src/backends/NetworkManagerRedHat.c b/src/backends/NetworkManagerRedHat.c
index 1b9545a033..e238347a0c 100644
--- a/src/backends/NetworkManagerRedHat.c
+++ b/src/backends/NetworkManagerRedHat.c
@@ -284,11 +284,11 @@ void nm_system_kill_all_dhcp_daemons (void)
 void nm_system_update_dns (void)
 {
 #ifdef NM_NO_NAMED
-	if(nm_spawn_process ("/etc/init.d/nscd status") == 0)
-	{
-		syslog (LOG_ERR, "Clearing nscd hosts cache.");
-		nm_spawn_process ("/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts");
-	}
+	if (nm_spawn_process ("/etc/init.d/nscd status") != 0)
+		nm_spawn_process ("/etc/init.d/nscd restart");
+
+	syslog (LOG_ERR, "Clearing nscd hosts cache.");
+	nm_spawn_process ("/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts");
 #else
 	nm_spawn_process ("/usr/bin/killall -q nscd");
 #endif