diff --git a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
index caae072095..cca8dd5f97 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
@@ -2134,6 +2134,25 @@ impl ComputeNode {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Tell postgres/pgbouncer/local_proxy to reload their configurations.
+    #[instrument(skip_all)]
+    pub fn reload(&self, spec: ComputeSpec) -> Result<()> {
+        let rt = tokio::runtime::Handle::current();
+        if spec.pgbouncer_settings.is_some() {
+            rt.block_on(reload_pgbouncer())?;
+        }
+        if spec.local_proxy_config.is_some() {
+            local_proxy::reload()?;
+        }
+        self.pg_reload_conf()?;
+
+        let unknown_op = "unknown".to_string();
+        let op_id = spec.operation_uuid.as_ref().unwrap_or(&unknown_op);
+        info!("finished reload of compute node for operation {op_id}");
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn configure_as_primary(&self, compute_state: &ComputeState) -> Result<()> {
         let pspec = compute_state.pspec.as_ref().expect("spec must be set");
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/local_proxy.rs b/compute_tools/src/local_proxy.rs
index 3de3c58786..5c0615ea41 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/local_proxy.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/local_proxy.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ use utils::pid_file::{self, PidFileRead};
 
 pub fn configure(local_proxy: &LocalProxySpec) -> Result<()> {
     write_local_proxy_conf("/etc/local_proxy/config.json".as_ref(), local_proxy)?;
-    notify_local_proxy("/etc/local_proxy/pid".as_ref())?;
+    reload()
+}
 
-    Ok(())
+pub fn reload() -> Result<()> {
+    notify_local_proxy("/etc/local_proxy/pid".as_ref())
 }
 
 /// Create or completely rewrite configuration file specified by `path`
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/pg_helpers.rs b/compute_tools/src/pg_helpers.rs
index 09bbe89b41..b82902b078 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/pg_helpers.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/pg_helpers.rs
@@ -466,13 +466,7 @@ fn update_pgbouncer_ini(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Tune pgbouncer.
-/// 1. Apply new config using pgbouncer admin console
-/// 2. Add new values to pgbouncer.ini to preserve them after restart
-pub async fn tune_pgbouncer(
-    mut pgbouncer_config: IndexMap<String, String>,
-    tls_config: Option<TlsConfig>,
-) -> Result<()> {
+async fn connect() -> Result<tokio_postgres::Client> {
     let pgbouncer_connstr = if std::env::var_os("AUTOSCALING").is_some() {
         // for VMs use pgbouncer specific way to connect to
         // pgbouncer admin console without password
@@ -518,6 +512,16 @@ pub async fn tune_pgbouncer(
         }
     };
 
+    Ok(client)
+}
+
+/// Tune pgbouncer.
+/// 1. Apply new config to pgbouncer.ini
+/// 2. Notify pgbouncer to reload
+pub async fn tune_pgbouncer(
+    mut pgbouncer_config: IndexMap<String, String>,
+    tls_config: Option<TlsConfig>,
+) -> Result<()> {
     if let Some(tls_config) = tls_config {
         // pgbouncer starts in a half-ok state if it cannot find these files.
         // It will default to client_tls_sslmode=deny, which causes proxy to error.
@@ -550,9 +554,16 @@ pub async fn tune_pgbouncer(
 
     info!("Applying pgbouncer setting change");
 
+    reload_pgbouncer().await
+}
+
+/// Reload pgbouncer.
+pub async fn reload_pgbouncer() -> Result<()> {
+    let client = connect().await?;
+
     if let Err(err) = client.simple_query("RELOAD").await {
         // Don't fail on error, just print it into log
-        error!("Failed to apply pgbouncer setting change,  {err}",);
+        error!("Failed to apply pgbouncer setting change: {err}",);
     };
 
     Ok(())