diff --git a/src/main-utils.c b/src/main-utils.c
index 909ef28ad..164dc84a9 100644
--- a/src/main-utils.c
+++ b/src/main-utils.c
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@
 static gboolean
 sighup_handler (gpointer user_data)
 {
-	/* Reread config stuff like system config files, VPN service files, etc */
-	nm_log_info (LOGD_CORE, "caught SIGHUP, not supported yet.");
-
+	nm_main_config_reload ();
 	return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main-utils.h b/src/main-utils.h
index 432833f31..9b29866be 100644
--- a/src/main-utils.h
+++ b/src/main-utils.h
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@ gboolean nm_main_utils_early_setup (const char *progname,
                                     gpointer option_context_hook_data,
                                     const char *summary);
 
+/* The following functions are not implemented inside nm-main-utils.c, instead
+ * main.c and nm-iface-helper.c */
+
+void nm_main_config_reload (void);
+
 #endif /* __MAIN_UTILS_H__ */
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 5432e1f3e..89cfeb1cd 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ _init_nm_debug (const char *debug)
 	}
 }
 
+void
+nm_main_config_reload ()
+{
+	nm_log_info (LOGD_CORE, "reloading configuration not supported.");
+}
+
 static void
 manager_configure_quit (NMManager *manager, gpointer user_data)
 {
diff --git a/src/nm-iface-helper.c b/src/nm-iface-helper.c
index 8b61b5252..97678aa1e 100644
--- a/src/nm-iface-helper.c
+++ b/src/nm-iface-helper.c
@@ -481,6 +481,12 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 /*******************************************************/
 /* Stub functions */
 
+void
+nm_main_config_reload ()
+{
+	nm_log_info (LOGD_CORE, "reloading configuration not supported");
+}
+
 gconstpointer nm_config_get (void);
 const char *nm_config_get_dhcp_client (gpointer unused);
 gboolean nm_config_get_configure_and_quit (gpointer unused);