diff --git a/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/docker.pp b/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/docker.pp
index 14b7c42ec4..c3755b3315 100644
--- a/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/docker.pp
+++ b/puppet-manifests/src/modules/platform/manifests/docker.pp
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ class platform::docker::config
       mode    => '0644',
       content => template('platform/dockerproxy.conf.erb'),
     }
+    ~> exec { 'perform systemctl daemon reload for docker proxy':
+      command     => 'systemctl daemon-reload',
+      logoutput   => true,
+      refreshonly => true,
+    } ~> Service['docker']
   }
 
   Class['::platform::filesystem::docker'] ~> Class[$name]