diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e6203a10..acb0bed1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3485,7 +3485,7 @@ fi
 echo "\"Configure command: ./configure $PARAMS\"" >> $CONFIGURE_PARAMS_FILE
 
 
-SUBDIRS="src etc util init.d test"
+SUBDIRS="src etc util init.d test contrib/reload"
 
 
 
@@ -4830,7 +4830,7 @@ CFLAGS="$static -O2 -Wall -g"
 LIBS="$antispam_libs $sunos_libs "
 OBJS="dirs.o base64.o misc.o counters.o cfg.o sig.o decoder.o hash.o parser.o parser_utils.o rules.o session.o message.o attachment.o digest.o store.o archive.o tai.o import.o imap.o pop3.o extract.o mydomains.o retr.o $objs"
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile src/Makefile etc/Makefile util/Makefile init.d/Makefile test/Makefile contrib/imap/Makefile"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile src/Makefile etc/Makefile util/Makefile init.d/Makefile test/Makefile contrib/imap/Makefile contrib/reload/Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -5530,6 +5530,7 @@ do
     "init.d/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES init.d/Makefile" ;;
     "test/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES test/Makefile" ;;
     "contrib/imap/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES contrib/imap/Makefile" ;;
+    "contrib/reload/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES contrib/reload/Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 81c53631..5c4b239a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fi
 echo "\"Configure command: ./configure $PARAMS\"" >> $CONFIGURE_PARAMS_FILE
 
 
-SUBDIRS="src etc util init.d test"
+SUBDIRS="src etc util init.d test contrib/reload"
 
 
 dnl static build
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ CFLAGS="$static -O2 -Wall -g"
 LIBS="$antispam_libs $sunos_libs "
 OBJS="dirs.o base64.o misc.o counters.o cfg.o sig.o decoder.o hash.o parser.o parser_utils.o rules.o session.o message.o attachment.o digest.o store.o archive.o tai.o import.o imap.o pop3.o extract.o mydomains.o retr.o $objs"
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile etc/Makefile util/Makefile init.d/Makefile test/Makefile contrib/imap/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile etc/Makefile util/Makefile init.d/Makefile test/Makefile contrib/imap/Makefile contrib/reload/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
 
diff --git a/contrib/reload/pilerreload.c b/contrib/reload/pilerreload.c
index c5aa7bc3..c3cbc29d 100644
--- a/contrib/reload/pilerreload.c
+++ b/contrib/reload/pilerreload.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct __config cfg;
 
 
 void fatal(char *s){
-   printf("pilerctl: fatal: %s\n", s);
+   syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "fatal: %s", s);
    exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
    int pid;
    FILE *f;
 
+   (void) openlog("pilerreload", LOG_PID, LOG_MAIL);
+
    cfg = read_config(CONFIG_FILE);
 
    f = fopen(cfg.pidfile, "r");
@@ -46,7 +48,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
    pid = atoi(buf);
 
-   if(pid > 1) kill(pid, SIGHUP);
+   if(pid > 1){
+      if(kill(pid, SIGHUP) == 0) syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "reloaded");
+      else syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "failed to reload");
+   }
+   else fatal("invalid pid");
 
    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/util/Makefile.in b/util/Makefile.in
index c23d490b..3dd8a265 100644
--- a/util/Makefile.in
+++ b/util/Makefile.in
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ install:
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/indexer.delta.sh $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/indexer.main.sh $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/import.sh $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/purge.sh $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/postinstall.sh $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler
 
 clean:
-
+	rm -f postinstall.sh
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f Makefile