diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tinc.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tinc.nix
index 725bd9bf9403..b4b544a2413d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tinc.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tinc.nix
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ in
           Type = "simple";
           Restart = "always";
           RestartSec = "3";
+          ExecReload = mkIf (versionAtLeast (getVersion data.package) "1.1pre") "${data.package}/bin/tinc -n ${network} reload";
           ExecStart = "${data.package}/bin/tincd -D -U tinc.${network} -n ${network} ${optionalString (data.chroot) "-R"} --pidfile /run/tinc.${network}.pid -d ${toString data.debugLevel}";
         };
         preStart = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
index 85cdd19702fa..a49ab43e55ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage="http://www.tinc-vpn.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz lassulus ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz lassulus mic92 ];
   };
 }