diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_cron.conf b/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_cron.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a321b499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/conf/actions.d/actions_cron.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[restart]
+command:/etc/rc.d/cron restart
+parameters:
+type:script
+message:restarting cron