diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/Watcher.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/Watcher.java
index f7d51d328a797..78d1d37287f60 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/Watcher.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/Watcher.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.node.Node;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.ActionPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.ReloadablePlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.ScriptPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestHandler;
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.input.simple.SimpleInputFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.input.transform.TransformInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.input.transform.TransformInputFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.notification.NotificationService;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.notification.email.Account;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.notification.email.EmailService;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.notification.email.HtmlSanitizer;
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 
-public class Watcher extends Plugin implements ActionPlugin, ScriptPlugin {
+public class Watcher extends Plugin implements ActionPlugin, ScriptPlugin, ReloadablePlugin {
 
     // This setting is only here for backward compatibility reasons as 6.x indices made use of it. It can be removed in 8.x.
     @Deprecated
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ public class Watcher extends Plugin implements ActionPlugin, ScriptPlugin {
     protected final boolean transportClient;
     protected final boolean enabled;
     protected final Environment env;
+    protected List<NotificationService> reloadableServices = new ArrayList<>();
 
     public Watcher(final Settings settings) {
         this.settings = settings;
@@ -275,6 +278,12 @@ public Collection<Object> createComponents(Client client, ClusterService cluster
         SlackService slackService = new SlackService(settings, httpClient, clusterService.getClusterSettings());
         PagerDutyService pagerDutyService = new PagerDutyService(settings, httpClient, clusterService.getClusterSettings());
 
+        reloadableServices.add(emailService);
+        reloadableServices.add(hipChatService);
+        reloadableServices.add(jiraService);
+        reloadableServices.add(slackService);
+        reloadableServices.add(pagerDutyService);
+
         TextTemplateEngine templateEngine = new TextTemplateEngine(settings, scriptService);
         Map<String, EmailAttachmentParser> emailAttachmentParsers = new HashMap<>();
         emailAttachmentParsers.put(HttpEmailAttachementParser.TYPE, new HttpEmailAttachementParser(httpClient, httpTemplateParser,
@@ -613,4 +622,15 @@ public List<ScriptContext> getContexts() {
     public void close() throws IOException {
         IOUtils.closeWhileHandlingException(httpClient);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Reloads all the reloadable services in watcher.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void reload(Settings settings) {
+        if (enabled == false || transportClient) {
+            return;
+        }
+        reloadableServices.forEach(s -> s.reload(settings));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/NotificationService.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/NotificationService.java
index 88399d3cb93d8..027825ab77871 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/NotificationService.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/NotificationService.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public abstract class NotificationService<Account> extends AbstractComponent {
     public NotificationService(Settings settings, String type,
                                ClusterSettings clusterSettings, List<Setting<?>> pluginSettings) {
         this(settings, type);
-        clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(this::setAccountSetting, pluginSettings);
+        clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(this::reload, pluginSettings);
     }
 
     // Used for testing only
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public NotificationService(Settings settings, String type,
         this.type = type;
     }
 
-    protected synchronized void setAccountSetting(Settings settings) {
+    public synchronized void reload(Settings settings) {
         Tuple<Map<String, Account>, Account> accounts = buildAccounts(settings, this::createAccount);
         this.accounts = Collections.unmodifiableMap(accounts.v1());
         this.defaultAccount = accounts.v2();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/email/EmailService.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/email/EmailService.java
index 15859a5e044c5..e45ed55cee3ac 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/email/EmailService.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/email/EmailService.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public EmailService(Settings settings, @Nullable CryptoService cryptoService, Cl
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_SMTP_SEND_PARTIAL, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_SMTP_WAIT_ON_QUIT, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
         // do an initial load
-        setAccountSetting(settings);
+        reload(settings);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/hipchat/HipChatService.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/hipchat/HipChatService.java
index ca970d5597ba1..2f21c2299a9a9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/hipchat/HipChatService.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/hipchat/HipChatService.java
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ public HipChatService(Settings settings, HttpClient httpClient, ClusterSettings
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_PORT, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_MESSAGE_DEFAULTS, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
 
-        setAccountSetting(settings);
+        reload(settings);
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected synchronized void setAccountSetting(Settings settings) {
+    public synchronized void reload(Settings settings) {
         defaultServer = new HipChatServer(settings.getByPrefix("xpack.notification.hipchat."));
-        super.setAccountSetting(settings);
+        super.reload(settings);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/jira/JiraService.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/jira/JiraService.java
index 3ccff775051a4..49c05f36b2445 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/jira/JiraService.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/jira/JiraService.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public JiraService(Settings settings, HttpClient httpClient, ClusterSettings clu
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_SECURE_PASSWORD, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_DEFAULTS, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
         // do an initial load
-        setAccountSetting(settings);
+        reload(settings);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/pagerduty/PagerDutyService.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/pagerduty/PagerDutyService.java
index 21c2f1fefb1a9..32a6dcb91aa51 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/pagerduty/PagerDutyService.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/pagerduty/PagerDutyService.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public PagerDutyService(Settings settings, HttpClient httpClient, ClusterSetting
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_SERVICE_API_KEY, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_SECURE_SERVICE_API_KEY, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_DEFAULTS, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
-        setAccountSetting(settings);
+        reload(settings);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/slack/SlackService.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/slack/SlackService.java
index d648501a5f8d6..2a38e08d59903 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/slack/SlackService.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/slack/SlackService.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public SlackService(Settings settings, HttpClient httpClient, ClusterSettings cl
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_URL, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_URL_SECURE, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
         clusterSettings.addAffixUpdateConsumer(SETTING_DEFAULTS, (s, o) -> {}, (s, o) -> {});
-        setAccountSetting(settings);
+        reload(settings);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/WatcherPluginTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/WatcherPluginTests.java
index abb981053e730..474f69c70edb3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/WatcherPluginTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/WatcherPluginTests.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.test.IndexSettingsModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ExecutorBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.watch.Watch;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.notification.NotificationService;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
 
 public class WatcherPluginTests extends ESTestCase {
 
@@ -97,4 +102,36 @@ public void testThreadPoolSize() {
                 .build();
         assertThat(Watcher.getWatcherThreadPoolSize(noDataNodeSettings), is(1));
     }
+
+    public void testReload() {
+        Settings settings = Settings.builder()
+            .put("xpack.watcher.enabled", true)
+            .put("path.home", createTempDir())
+            .build();
+        NotificationService mockService = mock(NotificationService.class);
+        Watcher watcher = new TestWatcher(settings, mockService);
+
+        watcher.reload(settings);
+        verify(mockService, times(1)).reload(settings);
+    }
+
+    public void testReloadDisabled() {
+        Settings settings = Settings.builder()
+            .put("xpack.watcher.enabled", false)
+            .put("path.home", createTempDir())
+            .build();
+        NotificationService mockService = mock(NotificationService.class);
+        Watcher watcher = new TestWatcher(settings, mockService);
+
+        watcher.reload(settings);
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(mockService);
+    }
+
+    private class TestWatcher extends Watcher {
+
+        TestWatcher(Settings settings, NotificationService service) {
+            super(settings);
+            reloadableServices.add(service);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/NotificationServiceTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/NotificationServiceTests.java
index 829337e9acb7a..cb86913678a96 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/NotificationServiceTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/NotificationServiceTests.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ private static class TestNotificationService extends NotificationService<String>
 
         TestNotificationService(Settings settings) {
             super(settings, "test");
-            setAccountSetting(settings);
+            reload(settings);
         }
 
         @Override