diff -ur nagios-2.7.original/base/nagios.c nagios-2.7/base/nagios.c
--- nagios-2.7.original/base/nagios.c	2007-02-14 19:44:11.985753148 +0000
+++ nagios-2.7/base/nagios.c	2007-02-14 19:09:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 int             verify_config=FALSE;
 int             test_scheduling=FALSE;
 int             dump_object_data=FALSE;
+int             fast_reload=FALSE;
 
 int             daemon_mode=FALSE;
 int             daemon_dumps_core=TRUE;
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@
 		{"verify",no_argument,0,'v'},
 		{"daemon",no_argument,0,'d'},
 		{"object-dump",no_argument,0,'o'},
+		{"fast-reload",no_argument,0,'F'},
 		{0,0,0,0}
 	};
 #endif
@@ -249,9 +251,9 @@
 	while(1){
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_H
-		c=getopt_long(argc,argv,"+hVvdso",long_options,&option_index);
+		c=getopt_long(argc,argv,"+hVvdsoF",long_options,&option_index);
 #else
-		c=getopt(argc,argv,"+hVvdso");
+		c=getopt(argc,argv,"+hVvdsoF");
 #endif
 
 		if(c==-1 || c==EOF)
@@ -284,6 +286,10 @@
 			dump_object_data=TRUE;
 			break;
 
+		case 'F': /* fast-reload mode */
+			fast_reload=TRUE;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			break;
 		        }
@@ -603,7 +609,11 @@
 		                }
 
 			/* run the pre-flight check to make sure everything looks okay*/
-			result=pre_flight_check();
+			/* If fast reload set, don't bother */
+			if (fast_reload==TRUE && sigrestart==TRUE)
+				result=OK;
+			else
+				result=pre_flight_check();
 
 			/* there was a problem running the pre-flight check */
 			if(result!=OK){
@@ -675,8 +685,9 @@
 				exit(ERROR);
 		                }
 
-		        /* initialize status data */
-			initialize_status_data(config_file);
+		        /* initialize status data unless we're restarting */
+			if(sigrestart==FALSE) 
+				initialize_status_data(config_file);
 
 			/* initialize comment data */
 			initialize_comment_data(config_file);
@@ -758,8 +769,9 @@
 			/* save service and host state information */
 			save_state_information(config_file,FALSE);
 
-			/* clean up the status data */
-			cleanup_status_data(config_file,TRUE);
+			/* clean up the status data unless we're restarting */
+			if(sigrestart==FALSE) 
+				cleanup_status_data(config_file,TRUE);
 
 			/* clean up the comment data */
 			cleanup_comment_data(config_file);