diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index ad9b678d..3cf8e82c 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class Chef::Recipe
     package 'rabbitmq-server' do
       action :install
       version node['rabbitmq']['version'] if node['rabbitmq']['pin_distro_version']
+      notifies :reload, 'ohai[reload_packages]', :immediately
     end
   else
     remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/#{rpm_package_name}" do
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ class Chef::Recipe
     package 'rabbitmq-server' do
       action :install
       version node['rabbitmq']['version'] if node['rabbitmq']['pin_distro_version']
+      notifies :reload, 'ohai[reload_packages]', :immediately
     end
   else
     remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/#{rpm_package_name}" do