diff --git a/bin/reboot_required b/bin/reboot_required
index 29e56fa8..2e95c481 100755
--- a/bin/reboot_required
+++ b/bin/reboot_required
@@ -17,15 +17,18 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-flag="/var/run/reboot-required"
+PKG="byobu"
+reboot="/var/run/reboot-required"
+reload="/var/run/screen/S-$USER/$PKG.reload-required"
 case "$1" in
 	--detail)
-		ls -alF "$flag" 2>&1
+		ls -alF "$reboot" "$reload" 2>&1
 	;;
 	--short)
-		[ -e "$flag" ] && printf "Yes" || printf "No"
+		[ -e "$reboot" ] && printf "Yes" || printf "No"
 	;;
 	*)
-		[ -e "$flag" ] && printf "\005{=b bW}(@)\005{-} " || exit 0
+		[ -e "$reboot" ] && printf "\005{=b bW}(@)\005{-} "
+		[ -e "$reload" ] && printf "\005{=b bW}<F5>\005{-} "
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/byobu-janitor b/byobu-janitor
index 1eaccd69..c5188f11 100644
--- a/byobu-janitor
+++ b/byobu-janitor
@@ -19,8 +19,16 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-OLDPKG="screen-profiles"
 PKG="byobu"
+FLAG="/var/run/screen/S-$USER/$PKG.reload-required"
+
+# Exit immediately, if we're not forced, and there is no reload flag
+if [ "$1" != "--force" ] && [ ! -e "$FLAG" ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+# Set the rest of the variables
+OLDPKG="screen-profiles"
 DEFAULT_PROFILE="light"
 PROFILE="$HOME/.$PKG/profile"
 
@@ -55,3 +63,6 @@ fi
 # underscores such that we can source the file as a shell snippet;
 # fix existing status configuration.
 sed -i "s/-/_/g" "$HOME/.$PKG/status"
+
+# Clean up flag
+rm -f "$FLAG"
diff --git a/byobu-status b/byobu-status
index c4192fed..fc35b37e 100755
--- a/byobu-status
+++ b/byobu-status
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if [ "$P" = "--detail" ]; then
 		[ -n "$detail" ] && printf "%s\n" "$detail"
 	done
 else
-		eval x=\$$P || exit 1
+		eval x="\$$P" || exit 1
 		[ "$x" = "1" ] || exit 0
 		exec $(find_script "$P")
 fi
diff --git a/byobu.1 b/byobu.1
index f5dc7b44..b5fe85f5 100644
--- a/byobu.1
+++ b/byobu.1
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ byobu \- wrapper script for seeding a user's byobu configuration and launching s
 
 \fBprocesses\fP \- total number of processes running on the system; displayed in the lower bar in black text on a dark yellow background with a trailing '&' indicating 'background processes'
 
-\fBreboot_required\fP \- symbol present if a reboot is required following a system update; displayed in the lower bar white text on a blue background by the symbol '(@)' which visually looks like a 'cycle your machine' logo
+\fBreboot_required\fP \- symbol present if a reboot is required following a system update; displayed in the lower bar white text on a blue background by the symbol '(@)' which visually looks like a 'cycle your machine' logo; additionally, reboot_required will print '<F5>' in white text on a blue background, if Byobu requires you to reload your profile to affect some changes.
 
 \fBrelease\fP \- distribution and version information about the release running on the current system as reported by \fBlsb_release(1)\fP or \fI/etc/issue\fP; displayed in the lower bar in bold black text toward the left on a grey background
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7261019a..8cb1089f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ byobu (2.13) unreleased; urgency=low
     several scripts and put it in a single place; call this script before
     launching byobu, and then only once a day or when the user refreshes
     their profile
+  * bin/reboot_required, byobu-janitor, byobu-status, byobu.1,
+    debian/postinst: display an <F5> next to the reboot symbol, if a byobu
+    reload is required; flag this in the postinst, after upgrading byobu
 
   [ Ciemon Dunville ]
   * byobu.1: reflect the keybinding toggle change to Ctrl-a-!
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:09:36 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:35:21 -0500
 
 byobu (2.12-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 6f03e2ba..1f8b26b1 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -11,4 +11,13 @@ if [ -x "/usr/bin/screen.real" ]; then
         dpkg-divert --package "$PKG" --rename --remove /usr/bin/screen
 fi
 
+# Notify users that they should reload their profile
+set -x
+DIR="/var/run/screen"
+for d in $(ls "$DIR"); do
+	touch "$DIR/$d/$PKG.reload-required"
+	u=$(echo "$d" | sed "s:^S-::")
+	chown $u:$u "$DIR/$d/$PKG.reload-required"
+done
+
 #DEBHELPER#