diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index a18ff8f23..578957699 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 
 #include <net/if.h>
 
+#if defined(USE_SYSTEMD)
+#include <haproxy/systemd.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <haproxy/api.h>
 #include <haproxy/applet.h>
 #include <haproxy/base64.h>
@@ -2498,6 +2502,10 @@ static int _send_status(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appctx, void
 	setenv("HAPROXY_LOAD_SUCCESS", "1", 1);
 	ha_notice("Loading success.\n");
 
+#if defined(USE_SYSTEMD)
+	if (global.tune.options & GTUNE_USE_SYSTEMD)
+		sd_notifyf(0, "READY=1\nMAINPID=%lu\nSTATUS=Ready.\n", (unsigned long)getpid());
+#endif
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index d88d5fa27..4e25aedea 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -3016,6 +3016,12 @@ static void run_master_in_recovery_mode(int argc, char **argv)
 	list_for_each_entry(proc, &proc_list, list) {
 		proc->failedreloads++;
 	}
+#if defined(USE_SYSTEMD)
+	/* the sd_notify API is not able to send a reload failure signal. So
+	 * the READY=1 signal still need to be sent */
+	if (global.tune.options & GTUNE_USE_SYSTEMD)
+		sd_notify(0, "READY=1\nSTATUS=Reload failed (master failed to load or to parse new configuration)!\n");
+#endif
 
 	global.nbtgroups = 1;
 	global.nbthread = 1;
@@ -4038,10 +4044,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		ha_free(&msg);
 	}
 
-#if defined(USE_SYSTEMD)
-	if (global.tune.options & GTUNE_USE_SYSTEMD)
-		sd_notifyf(0, "READY=1\nMAINPID=%lu\nSTATUS=Ready.\n", (unsigned long)getpid());
-#endif
 	/* Finally, start the poll loop for the first thread */
 	run_thread_poll_loop(&ha_thread_info[0]);