diff --git a/config.cfg b/config.cfg
index ad2af65..d9f93b0 100644
--- a/config.cfg
+++ b/config.cfg
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ qemu-system-x86_64=
 #ruby24=puppetserver puppetdb
 
 # The services section contains restart policy for specific services.
-# valid policies are 'ignore', 'warn', 'restart' and 'silent-restart'.
+# valid policies are 'ignore', 'warn', 'restart', 'silent-restart' and 'reboot'.
 # 'silent-restart' is like 'restart', but will not log a warning when
 # the service is restarted.
 [services]
diff --git a/sau/services.py b/sau/services.py
index 1ac370d..b14c771 100644
--- a/sau/services.py
+++ b/sau/services.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def restart_services():
         services[proc_name] = service_name
         processes[service_name] = [proc]
 
+    recommend_restart = False
     for service in set([x for x in services.values() if x]):
         policy = _get_service_restart_policy(service)
         if policy == 'ignore':
@@ -116,11 +117,13 @@ def restart_services():
         elif policy == 'warn':
             log.warning('Service "{}" has open deleted files and should be restarted'.format(service))
             continue
-        if not policy.startswith('silent'):
+        elif policy == 'reboot':
+            log.warning('Rebooting because {} has opened files'.format(service))
+            recommend_restart = True
+        if not ( policy.startswith('silent') or policy == 'reboot' ):
             log.warning('Restarting service {}'.format(service))
         platform.restart_service(service)
 
-    recommend_restart = False
     tested_parents = set()
     for proc in retest_procs:
         parent = _get_top_parent(proc)
@@ -157,13 +160,13 @@ def _get_service_restart_policy(service):
     log = logging.getLogger(sau.LOGNAME)
     conf = sau.config
     policy = conf.get('services', service, fallback=None)
-    if policy and policy.lower() in ('restart', 'warn', 'ignore', 'silent-restart'):
+    if policy and policy.lower() in ('restart', 'warn', 'ignore', 'silent-restart', 'reboot'):
         return policy.lower()
     elif policy:
         log.warning('service policy {} for {} is invalid'.format(policy, service))
 
     default_policy = conf.get('default', 'default_service_policy', fallback='warn')
-    if default_policy.lower() in ('restart', 'warn', 'ignore', 'silent-restart'):
+    if default_policy.lower() in ('restart', 'warn', 'ignore', 'silent-restart', 'reboot'):
         return default_policy.lower()
     log.warning('default service policy {} is invalid'.format(default_policy))
     return 'warn'