diff --git a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/needrestart/zulip.conf b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/needrestart/zulip.conf
index 81fdb08fc1..c399b6debf 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/needrestart/zulip.conf
+++ b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/needrestart/zulip.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ my @ignore = (
     qr/^memcached\.service$/,
     qr/^nginx\.service$/,
     qr/^postgresql(@[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)?.service$/,
+    qr/^epmd\.service$/,
     qr/^rabbitmq-server\.service$/,
     qr/^redis-server\.service$/,
     qr/^supervisor\.service$/,