diff --git a/command/reload.go b/command/reload.go
index c956eaf096..1f82e16a8f 100644
--- a/command/reload.go
+++ b/command/reload.go
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 package command
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/base"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 // ReloadCommand is a Command implementation that instructs
 // the Consul agent to reload configurations
 type ReloadCommand struct {
-	Ui cli.Ui
+	base.Command
 }
 
 func (c *ReloadCommand) Help() string {
@@ -20,29 +19,25 @@ Usage: consul reload
   Causes the agent to reload configurations. This can be used instead
   of sending the SIGHUP signal to the agent.
 
-Options:
+` + c.Command.Help()
 
-  -rpc-addr=127.0.0.1:8400 RPC address of the Consul agent.
-`
 	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
 }
 
 func (c *ReloadCommand) Run(args []string) int {
-	cmdFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("reload", flag.ContinueOnError)
-	cmdFlags.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Output(c.Help()) }
-	rpcAddr := RPCAddrFlag(cmdFlags)
-	if err := cmdFlags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+	c.Command.NewFlagSet(c)
+
+	if err := c.Command.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	client, err := RPCClient(*rpcAddr)
+	client, err := c.Command.HTTPClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error connecting to Consul agent: %s", err))
 		return 1
 	}
-	defer client.Close()
 
-	if err := client.Reload(); err != nil {
+	if err := client.Agent().Reload(); err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error reloading: %s", err))
 		return 1
 	}
diff --git a/command/reload_test.go b/command/reload_test.go
index f34c987496..151d05c66e 100644
--- a/command/reload_test.go
+++ b/command/reload_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package command
 
 import (
-	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/base"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
 )
 
 func TestReloadCommand_implements(t *testing.T) {
@@ -11,12 +13,24 @@ func TestReloadCommand_implements(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReloadCommandRun(t *testing.T) {
-	a1 := testAgent(t)
+	reloadCh := make(chan chan error)
+	a1 := testAgentWithConfigReload(t, nil, reloadCh)
 	defer a1.Shutdown()
 
+	// Setup a dummy response to errCh to simulate a successful reload
+	go func() {
+		errCh := <- reloadCh
+		errCh <- nil
+	}()
+
 	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &ReloadCommand{Ui: ui}
-	args := []string{"-rpc-addr=" + a1.addr}
+	c := &ReloadCommand{
+		Command: base.Command{
+			Ui:    ui,
+			Flags: base.FlagSetClientHTTP,
+		},
+	}
+	args := []string{"-http-addr=" + a1.httpAddr}
 
 	code := c.Run(args)
 	if code != 0 {
diff --git a/command/util_test.go b/command/util_test.go
index 646c1a5265..9309129b90 100644
--- a/command/util_test.go
+++ b/command/util_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (a *agentWrapper) Shutdown() {
 }
 
 func testAgent(t *testing.T) *agentWrapper {
-	return testAgentWithConfig(t, func(c *agent.Config) {})
+	return testAgentWithConfig(t, nil)
 }
 
 func testAgentWithAPIClient(t *testing.T) (*agentWrapper, *api.Client) {
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ func testAgentWithAPIClient(t *testing.T) (*agentWrapper, *api.Client) {
 }
 
 func testAgentWithConfig(t *testing.T, cb func(c *agent.Config)) *agentWrapper {
+	return testAgentWithConfigReload(t, cb, nil)
+}
+
+func testAgentWithConfigReload(t *testing.T, cb func(c *agent.Config), reloadCh chan chan error) *agentWrapper {
 	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
@@ -66,7 +70,9 @@ func testAgentWithConfig(t *testing.T, cb func(c *agent.Config)) *agentWrapper {
 	mult := io.MultiWriter(os.Stderr, lw)
 
 	conf := nextConfig()
-	cb(conf)
+	if cb != nil {
+		cb(conf)
+	}
 
 	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "agent")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ func testAgentWithConfig(t *testing.T, cb func(c *agent.Config)) *agentWrapper {
 	}
 	conf.DataDir = dir
 
-	a, err := agent.Create(conf, lw, nil, nil)
+	a, err := agent.Create(conf, lw, nil, reloadCh)
 	if err != nil {
 		os.RemoveAll(dir)
 		t.Fatalf(fmt.Sprintf("err: %v", err))
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 396ba92336..cd1f009398 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ func init() {
 
 		"reload": func() (cli.Command, error) {
 			return &command.ReloadCommand{
-				Ui: ui,
+				Command: base.Command{
+					Flags: base.FlagSetClientHTTP,
+					Ui:    ui,
+				},
 			}, nil
 		},
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/reload.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/commands/reload.html.markdown
index f1a59f745e..8dac42d5ec 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/reload.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/reload.html.markdown
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ section on the agent options page for details on which options are supported.
 
 Usage: `consul reload`
 
-The command-line flags are all optional. The list of available flags are:
-
-* `-rpc-addr` - Address to the RPC server of the agent you want to contact
-  to send this command. If this isn't specified, the command checks the
-  CONSUL_RPC_ADDR env variable. If this isn't set, the default RPC 
-  address will be set to "127.0.0.1:8400".
+#### API Options
 
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>