diff --git a/nfd/debian/nfd.upstart b/nfd/debian/nfd.upstart
index a0ccb96..6e393e8 100644
--- a/nfd/debian/nfd.upstart
+++ b/nfd/debian/nfd.upstart
@@ -15,4 +15,15 @@
 export HOME
 
 exec /usr/bin/nfd --config /etc/ndn/nfd.conf 2>> /var/log/ndn/nfd.log
+
+post-start script
+  if [ -f /etc/ndn/nfd-init.sh ]; then
+      sleep 2 # post-start is executed just after nfd process starts, but there is no guarantee
+              # that all initialization has been finished
+      . /etc/ndn/nfd-init.sh
+  fi
+end script
+
 post-stop exec sleep 2
+
+reload signal SIGHUP