diff --git a/sau/services.py b/sau/services.py
index f19f92e..1b1dc9c 100644
--- a/sau/services.py
+++ b/sau/services.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ 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', 'silent-reboot'):
+    if policy and policy.lower() in ('restart', 'warn', 'ignore', 'silent-restart', 'reboot', 'silent-reboot'):
         return policy.lower()
     elif policy:
         log.warning('service policy {} for {} is invalid'.format(policy, service))