diff --git a/roles/apache-base/handlers/main.yml b/roles/apache-base/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a00de6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/apache-base/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+- name: restart httpd
+  service:
+    name: httpd
+    state: restarted
+
+- name: reload httpd
+  service:
+    name: httpd
+    state: reloaded
diff --git a/roles/apache/handlers/main.yml b/roles/apache/handlers/main.yml
index 6f166a9..be24074 100644
--- a/roles/apache/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/apache/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-- name: restart httpd
-  service:
-    name=httpd
-    state=restarted
-- name: reload httpd
-  service:
-    name=httpd
-    state=reloaded
 - name: save firewalld configuration
   command:
     firewall-cmd --runtime-to-permanent
diff --git a/roles/apache/meta/main.yml b/roles/apache/meta/main.yml
index 24551fd..b5683c5 100644
--- a/roles/apache/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/apache/meta/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ dependencies:
 - role: logrotate
   tags:
   - logrotate
+- role: apache-base