diff --git a/construct/construct.cc b/construct/construct.cc
index 9d038adb0..ebbab00a1 100644
--- a/construct/construct.cc
+++ b/construct/construct.cc
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ const char *const usererrstr
 ***
 )"};
 
+[[noreturn]] static void do_restart(char *const *const &argv, char *const *const &envp);
 static bool startup_checks();
 static void applyargs();
 static void enable_coredumps();
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ noexcept try
 	// The restart flag can be set by the console command "restart" which
 	// calls ircd::quit() to clean break from the run() loop.
 	if(ircd::restart)
-		ircd::syscall(::execve, _argv[0], _argv, _envp);
+		do_restart(_argv, _envp);
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -485,6 +486,26 @@ enable_coredumps()
 }
 #endif
 
+void
+do_restart(char *const *const &_argv,
+           char *const *const &_envp)
+{
+	const auto args
+	{
+		ircd::replace(std::string(ircd::restart) + ' ', ' ', '\0')
+	};
+
+	std::vector<char *> argv{_argv[0]};
+	for(size_t i(0); i < args.size(); ++i)
+	{
+		argv.emplace_back(const_cast<char *>(args.data() + i));
+		for(; i < args.size() && args.at(i) != '\0'; ++i);
+	}
+
+	argv.emplace_back(nullptr);
+	ircd::syscall(::execve, _argv[0], argv.data(), _envp);
+}
+
 /// These operations are safe to call before ircd::init() and anytime after
 /// static initialization.
 void
diff --git a/include/ircd/ircd.h b/include/ircd/ircd.h
index 8d72b6809..c4ed01560 100644
--- a/include/ircd/ircd.h
+++ b/include/ircd/ircd.h
@@ -114,8 +114,10 @@ namespace ircd
 	// Diagnostic Mode Options
 	extern conf::item<std::string> diagnostic;
 
+	// Restart-Assist
+	extern conf::item<std::string> restart;
+
 	// Operating Mode Selectors
-	extern conf::item<bool> restart;
 	extern conf::item<bool> debugmode;
 	extern conf::item<bool> maintenance;
 	extern conf::item<bool> soft_assert;
diff --git a/ircd/ircd.cc b/ircd/ircd.cc
index 3be15db78..1f0c09f86 100644
--- a/ircd/ircd.cc
+++ b/ircd/ircd.cc
@@ -41,17 +41,24 @@ ircd::version_abi
 	"IRCd", info::versions::ABI, 0, {0, 0, 0}, ircd::info::version
 };
 
-/// Courtesy indicator; this item allows the library to indicate to the
-/// embedder that they should restart their application (or reload this library
-/// if available). The use-case here is for features like the `restart` command
-/// in the console module. Such a command triggers a normal quit and the
-/// application may exit normally; therefor the embedder should check this
-/// item to perform a restart rather than exiting.
+/// This item allows the library to indicate to the embedder that they should
+/// restart their application (or reload this library if available). The
+/// use-case here is for features like the `restart` command in the console
+/// module. Such a command triggers a normal quit and the application may exit
+/// normally; therefor the embedder should check this item to perform a restart
+/// rather than exiting.
+///
+/// This item is a string to allow for different program options at restart.
+/// For now this is limited to space-separated arguments without respect for
+/// quoting (for now), so no arguments can have spaces.
+///
+/// Empty string disables restart. The name of the executable should not be
+/// prefixed to the string.
 decltype(ircd::restart)
 ircd::restart
 {
 	{ "name",     "ircd.restart"       },
-	{ "default",  false                },
+	{ "default",  std::string{}        },
 	{ "persist",  false                },
 };
 
diff --git a/modules/console.cc b/modules/console.cc
index c497b6ba7..6fa28fcad 100644
--- a/modules/console.cc
+++ b/modules/console.cc
@@ -570,7 +570,25 @@ console_cmd__bt(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 bool
 console_cmd__restart(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 {
-	ircd::restart.set("true");
+	std::string argv(line);
+
+	size_t swargs(0), posargs(0);
+	ircd::tokens(line, ' ', [&swargs, &posargs]
+	(const auto &token)
+	{
+		swargs += startswith(token, '-');
+		posargs += !startswith(token, '-');
+	});
+
+	if(!posargs)
+	{
+		argv += swargs? " "_sv: ""_sv;
+		argv += m::origin(m::my());
+		argv += ' ';
+		argv += m::server_name(m::my());
+	}
+
+	ircd::restart.set(argv);
 	ircd::quit();
 	return false;
 }