diff --git a/src/service.c b/src/service.c
index 371cd705..ce329bbb 100644
--- a/src/service.c
+++ b/src/service.c
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ int service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
 		parse_cgroup(svc, cgroup);
 
 	/* New, recently modified or unchanged ... used on reload. */
-	if ((file && conf_changed(file)) || conf_changed(svc_getenv(svc)))
+	if ((file && conf_changed(file)) || conf_changed(svc_getenv(svc)) || svc->args_dirty)
 		svc_mark_dirty(svc);
 	else
 		svc_mark_clean(svc);