diff --git a/httpd-2.4.2-restart.patch b/httpd-2.4.2-restart.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07ff452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpd-2.4.2-restart.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814645
+
+--- httpd-2.4.2/server/main.c.restart
++++ httpd-2.4.2/server/main.c
+@@ -671,6 +671,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char * const ar
+         }
+     }
+ 
++    /* If our config failed, deal with that here. */
++    if (rv != OK) {
++        destroy_and_exit_process(process, 1);
++    }
++
+     signal_server = APR_RETRIEVE_OPTIONAL_FN(ap_signal_server);
+     if (signal_server) {
+         int exit_status;
+@@ -680,11 +685,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char * const ar
+         }
+     }
+ 
+-    /* If our config failed, deal with that here. */
+-    if (rv != OK) {
+-        destroy_and_exit_process(process, 1);
+-    }
+-
+     apr_pool_clear(plog);
+ 
+     if ( ap_run_open_logs(pconf, plog, ptemp, ap_server_conf) != OK) {
diff --git a/httpd.service b/httpd.service
index fda59d2..c1172b4 100644
--- a/httpd.service
+++ b/httpd.service
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ Type=forking
 PIDFile=/var/run/httpd/httpd.pid
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/httpd
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS
-ExecReload=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -t
-ExecReload=/usr/sbin/httpd -HUP $MAINPID
+ExecReload=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -k graceful
 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -k graceful-stop
 PrivateTmp=true
 
diff --git a/httpd.spec b/httpd.spec
index 1a12e55..a41c80f 100644
--- a/httpd.spec
+++ b/httpd.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Summary: Apache HTTP Server
 Name: httpd
 Version: 2.4.2
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 URL: http://httpd.apache.org/
 Source0: http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: index.html
@@ -554,6 +554,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.httpd
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 20 2012 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 2.4.2-2
+- tweak default ssl.conf
+- fix restart handling (#814645)
+- use graceful restart by default
+
 * Wed Apr 18 2012 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza@redhat.com> - 2.4.2-1
 - update to 2.4.2
 
diff --git a/ssl.conf b/ssl.conf
index 5791eaf..c6b89e3 100644
--- a/ssl.conf
+++ b/ssl.conf
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ SSLPassPhraseDialog exec:/usr/libexec/httpd-ssl-pass-dialog
 #   Inter-Process Session Cache:
 #   Configure the SSL Session Cache: First the mechanism 
 #   to use and second the expiring timeout (in seconds).
-#SSLSessionCache        dc:UNIX:/var/cache/mod_ssl/distcache
-SSLSessionCache         shmcb:/var/cache/mod_ssl/scache(512000)
+SSLSessionCache         shmcb:/var/run/httpd/sslcache(512000)
 SSLSessionCacheTimeout  300
 
 #   Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG):