diff --git a/files/etc/newsyslog.daily/audisp-simplify b/files/etc/newsyslog.daily/audisp-simplify
index bbd18c87231347d55c684a06fc09efe1df393fc1..22c7ca3235feae229713c16f29b9abd07489043f 100644
--- a/files/etc/newsyslog.daily/audisp-simplify
+++ b/files/etc/newsyslog.daily/audisp-simplify
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set logdir  = /var/log/%n
 set save    = /var/log/OLD/%n
 
 syslog {
+   stop: hup /var/run/auditd.pid
    restart: hup /var/run/auditd.pid
    log: audisp-simplify logdir root 0 644