diff --git a/cmd/syncthing/main.go b/cmd/syncthing/main.go
index eee1606fd..fad6cb3cb 100644
--- a/cmd/syncthing/main.go
+++ b/cmd/syncthing/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/syncthing/syncthing/lib/config"
@@ -462,6 +464,8 @@ func upgradeViaRest() error {
 }
 
 func syncthingMain() {
+	setupSignalHandling()
+
 	// Create a main service manager. We'll add things to this as we go along.
 	// We want any logging it does to go through our log system.
 	mainSvc := suture.New("main", suture.Spec{
@@ -839,6 +843,28 @@ func syncthingMain() {
 	os.Exit(code)
 }
 
+func setupSignalHandling() {
+	// Exit cleanly with "restarting" code on SIGHUP.
+
+	restartSign := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	sigHup := syscall.Signal(1)
+	signal.Notify(restartSign, sigHup)
+	go func() {
+		<-restartSign
+		stop <- exitRestarting
+	}()
+
+	// Exit with "success" code (no restart) on INT/TERM
+
+	stopSign := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	sigTerm := syscall.Signal(15)
+	signal.Notify(stopSign, os.Interrupt, sigTerm)
+	go func() {
+		<-stopSign
+		stop <- exitSuccess
+	}()
+}
+
 // printHashRate prints the hashing performance in MB/s, formatting it with
 // appropriate precision for the value, i.e. 182 MB/s, 18 MB/s, 1.8 MB/s, 0.18
 // MB/s.
diff --git a/cmd/syncthing/monitor.go b/cmd/syncthing/monitor.go
index c521dba55..b56bb2bee 100644
--- a/cmd/syncthing/monitor.go
+++ b/cmd/syncthing/monitor.go
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@ func monitorMain() {
 	args := os.Args
 	var restarts [countRestarts]time.Time
 
-	sign := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-	sigTerm := syscall.Signal(0xf)
-	signal.Notify(sign, os.Interrupt, sigTerm, os.Kill)
+	stopSign := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	sigTerm := syscall.Signal(15)
+	signal.Notify(stopSign, os.Interrupt, sigTerm)
+	restartSign := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	sigHup := syscall.Signal(1)
+	signal.Notify(restartSign, sigHup)
 
 	for {
 		if t := time.Since(restarts[0]); t < loopThreshold {
@@ -124,12 +127,17 @@ func monitorMain() {
 		}()
 
 		select {
-		case s := <-sign:
+		case s := <-stopSign:
 			l.Infof("Signal %d received; exiting", s)
 			cmd.Process.Kill()
 			<-exit
 			return
 
+		case s := <-restartSign:
+			l.Infof("Signal %d received; restarting", s)
+			cmd.Process.Signal(sigHup)
+			err = <-exit
+
 		case err = <-exit:
 			if err == nil {
 				// Successful exit indicates an intentional shutdown