diff --git a/doc/management.txt b/doc/management.txt
index e052a019e..b8916b31c 100644
--- a/doc/management.txt
+++ b/doc/management.txt
@@ -4059,6 +4059,14 @@ experimental-mode [on|off]
 
   See also "experimental-mode" in Section 9.3 and "mcli-debug-mode" in 9.4.1.
 
+hard-reload
+  This command does the same as the "reload" command over the master CLI with
+  the expection that it does a hard-stop (-st) instead of a stop-stop (-sf) of
+  the previous process. This means the previous process does not wait to
+  achieve anything before exiting, so all connections will be closed.
+
+  See also the "reload" command.
+
 mcli-debug-mode [on|off]
   This keyword allows a special mode in the master CLI which enables every
   keywords that were meant for a worker CLI on the master CLI, allowing to debug
@@ -4128,6 +4136,7 @@ reload
   will close the connection to the CLI.
 
   Note that a reload will close all connections to the master CLI.
+  See also the "hard-reload" command.
 
 show proc
   The master CLI introduces a 'show proc' command to surpervise the
diff --git a/include/haproxy/global.h b/include/haproxy/global.h
index 6eb3ad738..fd32109c9 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/global.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/global.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int compare_current_version(const char *version);
 void display_version();
 
 void mworker_accept_wrapper(int fd);
-void mworker_reload(void);
+void mworker_reload(int hardreload);
 
 /* to be used with warned and WARN_* */
 static inline int already_warned(unsigned int warning)
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index a0f5d23e0..900c897cd 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ int delete_oldpid(int pid)
  * When called, this function reexec haproxy with -sf followed by current
  * children PIDs and possibly old children PIDs if they didn't leave yet.
  */
-static void mworker_reexec()
+static void mworker_reexec(int hardreload)
 {
 	char **next_argv = NULL;
 	int old_argc = 0; /* previous number of argument */
@@ -749,7 +749,10 @@ static void mworker_reexec()
 		if (mworker_child_nb() > 0) {
 			struct mworker_proc *child;
 
-			next_argv[next_argc++] = "-sf";
+			if (hardreload)
+				next_argv[next_argc++] = "-st";
+			else
+				next_argv[next_argc++] = "-sf";
 
 			list_for_each_entry(child, &proc_list, list) {
 				if (!(child->options & PROC_O_LEAVING) && (child->options & PROC_O_TYPE_WORKER))
@@ -792,16 +795,16 @@ static void mworker_reexec()
 static void mworker_reexec_waitmode()
 {
 	setenv("HAPROXY_MWORKER_WAIT_ONLY", "1", 1);
-	mworker_reexec();
+	mworker_reexec(0);
 }
 
 /* reload haproxy and emit a warning */
-void mworker_reload()
+void mworker_reload(int hardreload)
 {
 	struct mworker_proc *child;
 	struct per_thread_deinit_fct *ptdf;
 
-	ha_notice("Reloading HAProxy\n");
+	ha_notice("Reloading HAProxy%s\n", hardreload?" (hard-reload)":"");
 
 	/* close the poller FD and the thread waker pipe FD */
 	list_for_each_entry(ptdf, &per_thread_deinit_list, list)
@@ -816,7 +819,7 @@ void mworker_reload()
 	if (global.tune.options & GTUNE_USE_SYSTEMD)
 		sd_notify(0, "RELOADING=1\nSTATUS=Reloading Configuration.\n");
 #endif
-	mworker_reexec();
+	mworker_reexec(hardreload);
 }
 
 static void mworker_loop()
diff --git a/src/mworker.c b/src/mworker.c
index b773bfe72..c71446ab8 100644
--- a/src/mworker.c
+++ b/src/mworker.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ void mworker_broadcast_signal(struct sig_handler *sh)
  */
 void mworker_catch_sighup(struct sig_handler *sh)
 {
-	mworker_reload();
+	mworker_reload(0);
 }
 
 void mworker_catch_sigterm(struct sig_handler *sh)
@@ -685,10 +685,15 @@ static int cli_parse_reload(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appctx, v
 	struct stream *strm = NULL;
 	struct connection *conn = NULL;
 	int fd = -1;
+	int hardreload = 0;
 
 	if (!cli_has_level(appctx, ACCESS_LVL_OPER))
 		return 1;
 
+	/* hard reload requested */
+	if (*args[0] == 'h')
+		hardreload = 1;
+
 	/* This ask for a synchronous reload, which means we will keep this FD
 	   instead of closing it. */
 
@@ -704,7 +709,7 @@ static int cli_parse_reload(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appctx, v
 	if (fd != -1 && send_fd_uxst(proc_self->ipc_fd[0], fd) == 0) {
 		fd_delete(fd); /* avoid the leak of the FD after sending it via the socketpair */
 	}
-	mworker_reload();
+	mworker_reload(hardreload);
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -807,7 +812,8 @@ static struct cli_kw_list cli_kws = {{ },{
 	{ { "@!<pid>", NULL },         "@!<pid>                                 : send a command to the <pid> process", cli_parse_default, NULL, NULL, NULL, ACCESS_MASTER_ONLY},
 	{ { "@master", NULL },         "@master                                 : send a command to the master process", cli_parse_default, NULL, NULL, NULL, ACCESS_MASTER_ONLY},
 	{ { "show", "proc", NULL },    "show proc                               : show processes status", cli_parse_default, cli_io_handler_show_proc, NULL, NULL, ACCESS_MASTER_ONLY},
-	{ { "reload", NULL },          "reload                                  : reload haproxy", cli_parse_reload, NULL, NULL, NULL, ACCESS_MASTER_ONLY},
+	{ { "reload", NULL },          "reload                                  : achieve a soft-reload (-sf) of haproxy", cli_parse_reload, NULL, NULL, NULL, ACCESS_MASTER_ONLY},
+	{ { "hard-reload", NULL },     "hard-reload                             : achieve a hard-reload (-st) of haproxy", cli_parse_reload, NULL, NULL, NULL, ACCESS_MASTER_ONLY},
 	{ { "_loadstatus", NULL },     NULL,                                                             cli_parse_default, cli_io_handler_show_loadstatus, NULL, NULL, ACCESS_MASTER_ONLY},
 	{{},}
 }};