diff --git a/code/hdb/hdbstandard.q b/code/hdb/hdbstandard.q
index cb1f75dc7..3ce195f66 100644
--- a/code/hdb/hdbstandard.q
+++ b/code/hdb/hdbstandard.q
@@ -1,7 +1,28 @@
 // reload function
 reload:{
+	if[.z.w in key .hdb.reloadcalls;
+		.hdb.reloadcalls[.z.w]:1b;
+		$[not all .hdb.reloadcalls; 
+			{.lg.o[`reload;"reload call received from handle ", string[.z.w], "; reload calls pending from handles ", ", "sv string where not .hdb.reloadcalls]; :(::)}[];
+			.lg.o[`reload;"reload call received from handle ", string[.z.w], "; no more reload calls pending"];
+		]
+	]
 	.lg.o[`reload;"reloading HDB"];
+	@[`.hdb.reloadcalls;key .hdb.reloadcalls;:;0b];
 	system"l ."}
 
 // Get the relevant HDB attributes
 .proc.getattributes:{`date`tables!(@[value;`date;`date$()];tables[])}
+
+\d .hdb
+
+// dictionary of handles to reload
+reloadcalls:()!();
+
+// function to add handle to reloadcalls dictionary
+po:{[h] if[.proc.proctype in .hdb.connectedProcs;reloadcalls[h]:0b]};
+.z.po:{[f;x] @[f;x;()];.hdb.po x} @[value;`.z.po;{{}}];
+
+// function to remove handle from reloadcalls dictionary
+pc:{[h] reloadcalls _: h; if[(all .hdb.reloadcalls) & count .hdb.reloadcalls;reload[]]};
+.z.pc:{[f;x] @[f;x;()];.hdb.pc x} @[value;`.z.pc;{{}}];
diff --git a/code/processes/gateway.q b/code/processes/gateway.q
index e0fbbd566..4884ac07a 100644
--- a/code/processes/gateway.q
+++ b/code/processes/gateway.q
@@ -550,13 +550,23 @@ reloadstart:{
  };
 
 reloadend:{
+ if[.z.w in key .gw.reloadcalls;
+  .gw.reloadcalls[.z.w]:1b;
+  $[not all .gw.reloadcalls; 
+   {.lg.o[`reload;"reload call received from handle ", string[.z.w], "; reload calls pending from handles ", ", "sv string where not .gw.reloadcalls]; :(::)}[];
+   .lg.o[`reload;"reload call received from handle ", string[.z.w], "; no more reload calls pending"];
+  ]
+ ]
+
  .lg.o[`reload;"reload end called"];
  /- set eod variable to false
  .gw.seteod[0b];
+ @[`.gw.reloadcalls; key .gw.reloadcalls;:;0b];
  /- retry connections - get updated attributes from servers and refresh servers tables
  setattributes .' flip value flip select procname,proctype,@[;(`.proc.getattributes;`);()!()] each w from .servers.SERVERS where .dotz.liveh[w];
  /- flush any async queries held during reload phase
- .gw.runnextquery[];}
+ .gw.runnextquery[];
+ }
 
 setattributes:{ [prcnme;prctyp;att]
  /- get relevant atrributes
@@ -587,6 +597,18 @@ if[@[value;`.timer.enabled;0b];
   f@connectiontab
  }@[value;`.servers.connectcustom;{{[x]}}]
 
+\d .gwreload
+
+// dictionary of handles to reload
+reloadcalls:()!();
+
+// function to add handle to reloadcalls dictionary
+po:{[h] if[.proc.proctype in .gw.connectedProcs;reloadcalls[h]:0b]};
+.z.po:{[f;x] @[f;x;()];.gwreload.po x} @[value;`.z.po;{{}}];
+
+// function to remove handle from reloadcalls dictionary
+pc:{[h] reloadcalls _: h; if[(all .gwreload.reloadcalls) & count .gwreload.reloadcalls;reload[]]};
+.z.pc:{[f;x] @[f;x;()];.gwreload.pc x} @[value;`.z.pc;{{}}];
 
 /
 
@@ -635,6 +657,4 @@ neg[h](`.gw.asyncexec;"`$last .z.x";enlist[`tables]!enlist enlist`logmsgXXX);h[]
 neg[h](`.gw.asyncexec;"`$last .z.x";`tables`servertype!(enlist`data;`rdb`hdb));h[]
 neg[h](`.gw.asyncexecjpt;(`.q.system;"sleep 10");enlist[`servertype]!enlist`rdb`hdb;raze;();0D00:00:03);h[]
 h(`.gw.syncexec;"`$last .z.x";enlist[`tables]!enlist enlist`logmsgXXX)
-h(`.gw.syncexec;"`$last .z.x";`tables`servertype!(enlist`data;`rdb`hdb))
-
-
+h(`.gw.syncexec;"`$last .z.x";`tables`servertype!(enlist`data;`rdb`hdb))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/processes/rdb.q b/code/processes/rdb.q
index 2fc9640ba..22f7001ae 100644
--- a/code/processes/rdb.q
+++ b/code/processes/rdb.q
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ endofday:{[date;processdata]
 	};
 	
 reload:{[date]
+	if[.z.w in key .rdb.reloadcalls;
+		.rdb.reloadcalls[.z.w]:1b;
+		$[not all .rdb.reloadcalls; 
+			{.lg.o[`reload;"reload call received from handle ", string[.z.w], "; reload calls pending from handles ", ", "sv string where not .rdb.reloadcalls]; :(::)}[];
+			.lg.o[`reload;"reload call received from handle ", string[.z.w], "; no more reload calls pending"];
+		]
+	]
+
 	.lg.o[`reload;"reload command has been called remotely"];
 	/-get all attributes from all tables before they are wiped
 	/-get a list of pairs (tablename;columnname!attributes)
@@ -131,7 +139,19 @@ reload:{[date]
 	/-restore original timeout back to rdb
 	restoretimeout[];
 	.lg.o[`reload;"Finished reloading RDB"];
+	@[`.rdb.reloadcalls; key .rdb.reloadcalls;:;0b];
 	};
+
+// dictionary of handles to reload
+reloadcalls:()!();
+
+// function to add handle to reloadcalls dictionary
+po:{[h] if[.proc.proctype in .rdb.connectedProcs;reloadcalls[h]:0b]};
+.z.po:{[f;x] @[f;x;()];.rdb.po x} @[value;`.z.po;{{}}];
+
+// function to remove handle from reloadcalls dictionary
+pc:{[h] reloadcalls _: h; if[(all .rdb.reloadcalls) & count .rdb.reloadcalls;reload[]]};
+.z.pc:{[f;x] @[f;x;()];.rdb.pc x} @[value;`.z.pc;{{}}];
 	
 /-drop date from rdbpartition
 rmdtfromgetpar:{[date] 
diff --git a/config/settings/gateway.q b/config/settings/gateway.q
index 820c6c9bc..192e390d8 100644
--- a/config/settings/gateway.q
+++ b/config/settings/gateway.q
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ querykeeptime:0D00:30		// the time to keep queries in the
 errorprefix:"error: "		// the prefix for clients to look for in error strings
 clearinactivetime:0D01:00	// the time to keep inactive handle data
 
+// list of process types connected for sync reload
+connectedProcs:()
+
 \d .kxdash
 enabled:0b  // Functionality for parsing and handling kx dashboard queries - disabled by default
 
diff --git a/config/settings/hdb.q b/config/settings/hdb.q
index ecd6aeeee..b2032cc1e 100644
--- a/config/settings/hdb.q
+++ b/config/settings/hdb.q
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ loadprocesscode:1b              // whether to load the process specific code def
 CONNECTIONS:()			// list of connections to make at start up
 STARTUP:1b                      // create connections
 
+// list of processes connected for sync reload
+.hdb.connectedProcs:()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/settings/rdb.q b/config/settings/rdb.q
index b69226394..f1980915e 100644
--- a/config/settings/rdb.q
+++ b/config/settings/rdb.q
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ gc:1b                                       //if true .Q.gc will be called after
 sortcsv:hsym first .proc.getconfigfile["sort.csv"]	//location of csv file
 reloadenabled:0b    //if true, the RDB will not save when .u.end is called but
                     //will clear it's data using reload function (called by the WDB)
+
 parvaluesrc:`log    //where to source the rdb partition value, can be log (from tp log file name),
                     //tab (from the the first value in the time column of the table that is subscribed for)
                     //anything else will return a null date which is will be filled by pardefault                                             
diff --git a/tests/syncreload/connections.csv b/tests/syncreload/connections.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6c33abce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syncreload/connections.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+action,ms,bytes,lang,code,repeat,minver,comment
+beforeany,0,0,q,system "sleep 5",1,,"wait for all procs to go up"
+before,0,0,q,hdbHandle:hopen`::41804:admin:admin,1,,"Get handle to the HDB"
+before,0,0,q,rdb1Handle:hopen`::41802:admin:admin,1,,"Get handle to RDB1"
+before,0,0,q,rdb2Handle:hopen`::41803:admin:admin,1,,"Get handle to RDB2"
+before,0,0,q,wdbHandle:hopen`::41805:admin:admin,1,,"Get handle to WDB"
+before,0,0,q,gwHandle:hopen`::41806:admin:admin,1,,"Get handle to gateway"
+true,0,0,q,2~count hdbHandle(value;`.hdb.reloadcalls),1,,"check number of connections to the HDB"
+true,0,0,q,1~count rdb1Handle(value;`.rdb.reloadcalls),1,,"check number of connections to RDB1"
+true,0,0,q,1~count rdb2Handle(value;`.rdb.reloadcalls),1,,"check number of connections to RDB12"
+true,0,0,q,1~count gwHandle(value;`.gwreload.reloadcalls),1,,"check number of connections to the gateway"
+run,0,0,q,kill9proc["rdb1"],1,,"shut down rdb1 process"
+run,0,0,q,system "sleep 5",1,,"to ensure rdb1 shuts down"
+true,0,0,q,2~count hdbHandle(value;`.hdb.reloadcalls),1,,"recheck number of connections to the HDB"
+true,0,0,q,1~count rdb2Handle(value;`.rdb.reloadcalls),1,,"recheck number of connections to RDB2"
+run,0,0,q,kill9proc["rdb2"],1,,"shut down rdb2 process"
+run,0,0,q,system "sleep 5",1,,"to ensure rdb2 shuts down"
+true,0,0,q,1~count hdbHandle(value;`.hdb.reloadcalls),1,,"recheck number of connections to the HDB"
diff --git a/tests/syncreload/eod.csv b/tests/syncreload/eod.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0740b6d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syncreload/eod.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+action,ms,bytes,lang,code,repeat,minver,comment
+beforeany,0,0,q,system "sleep 5",1,,"wait for all procs to go up"
+before,0,0,q,hdbHandle:hopen`::41804:admin:admin,1,,"Get handle to the HDB"
+before,0,0,q,rdb1Handle:hopen`::41802:admin:admin,1,,"Get handle to RDB1"
+before,0,0,q,rdb2Handle:hopen`::41803:admin:admin,1,,"Get handle to RDB2"
+before,0,0,q,wdbHandle:hopen`::41805:admin:admin,1,,"Get handle to WDB"
+before,0,0,q,gwHandle:hopen`::41806:admin:admin,1,,"Get handle to gateway"
+true,0,0,q,0=all rdb1Handle(value;`.rdb.reloadcalls),1,,"check rdb1 reloadcalls dictionary"
+true,0,0,q,0=all rdb2Handle(value;`.rdb.reloadcalls),1,,"check rdb2 reloadcalls dictionary"
+true,0,0,q,0=all gwHandle(value;`.gwreload.reloadcalls),1,,"check gateway reloadcalls dictionary"
+true,0,0,q,0=all hdbHandle(value;`.hdb.reloadcalls),1,,"check hdb reloadcalls dictionary"
+run,0,0,q,wdbHandle(`.u.end;.z.d)
+run,0,0,q,system "sleep 5",1,,"wait to allow wdb endofday process to finish running"
+true,0,0,q,1=all rdb1Handle(value;`.rdb.reloadcalls),1,,"check rdb1 reloadcalls dictionary has updated"
+true,0,0,q,0=all rdb2Handle(value;`.rdb.reloadcalls),1,,"check rdb2 reloadcalls dictionary has not updated"
+true,0,0,q,0=all gwHandle(value;`.gwreload.reloadcalls),1,,"check gateway reloadcalls dictionary has updated"
+true,0,0,q,1=sum hdbHandle(value;`.hdb.reloadcalls),1,,"check hdb reloadcalls dictionary has updated"
diff --git a/tests/syncreload/process.csv b/tests/syncreload/process.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d3741cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syncreload/process.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+host,port,proctype,procname,U,localtime,g,T,w,load,startwithall,extras,qcmd
+localhost,{KDBBASEPORT}+1,discovery,discovery1,${TORQAPPHOME}/appconfig/passwords/accesslist.txt,1,0,,,${KDBCODE}/processes/discovery.q,1,,
+localhost,{KDBBASEPORT},segmentedtickerplant,stp1,${TORQAPPHOME}/appconfig/passwords/accesslist.txt,1,0,,,${KDBCODE}/processes/segmentedtickerplant.q,1,-schemafile ${TORQAPPHOME}/database.q -tplogdir ${KDBTPLOG},
+localhost,{KDBBASEPORT}+2,rdb,rdb1,${TORQAPPHOME}/appconfig/passwords/accesslist.txt,1,1,180,,${KDBCODE}/processes/rdb.q,1,,
+localhost,{KDBBASEPORT}+3,rdb,rdb2,${TORQAPPHOME}/appconfig/passwords/accesslist.txt,1,1,180,,${KDBCODE}/processes/rdb.q,1,,
+localhost,{KDBBASEPORT}+4,hdb,hdb1,${TORQAPPHOME}/appconfig/passwords/accesslist.txt,1,1,60,4000,${KDBHDB},1,,
+localhost,{KDBBASEPORT}+5,wdb,wdb1,${TORQAPPHOME}/appconfig/passwords/accesslist.txt,1,1,,,${KDBCODE}/processes/wdb.q,1,,
+localhost,{KDBBASEPORT}+6,gateway,gateway1,${TORQAPPHOME}/appconfig/passwords/accesslist.txt,1,1,,4000,${KDBCODE}/processes/gateway.q,1,,
diff --git a/tests/syncreload/rdb2.q b/tests/syncreload/rdb2.q
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62f453a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syncreload/rdb2.q
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.rdb.hdbtypes:enlist`hdb
+.servers.CONNECTIONS:`gateway`hdb
diff --git a/tests/syncreload/run.sh b/tests/syncreload/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..297890fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syncreload/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Handle command-line arguments
+source $KDBTESTS/flagparse.sh
+
+# Path to test directory
+testpath=/home/creid/devTorQ/bin/syncreload
+
+# Start procs
+bin/torq.sh start discovery1 stp1 hdb1 rdb1 rdb2 wdb1 gateway1 -csv ${testpath}/process.csv
+
+# Start test proc
+/usr/bin/rlwrap q ${TORQHOME}/torq.q \
+  -proctype test -procname test1 \
+  -test ${testpath} \
+  -load ${KDBTESTS}/helperfunctions.q ${testpath}/settings.q \
+  -testresults ${KDBTESTS}/syncreload/results/ \
+  -procfile ${testpath}/process.csv \
+  -runtime $run \
+  $debug $stop $write $quiet
+
+# Shut down procs
+bin/torq.sh stop discovery1 stp1 hdb1 rdb1 rdb2 wdb1 gateway1 -csv ${testpath}/process.csv
diff --git a/tests/syncreload/settings.q b/tests/syncreload/settings.q
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..037130c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syncreload/settings.q
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// IPC connection parameters
+.servers.CONNECTIONS:`rdb`segmentedtickerplant;
+.servers.USERPASS:`admin:admin;
+
+// Paths to process CSV and test STP log directory
+processcsv:getenv[`KDBTESTS],"/syncreload/connections/process.csv";