diff -rNu pluto.orig/constants.h pluto/constants.h
--- pluto.orig/constants.h	2004-07-21 16:33:16.000000000 +0200
+++ pluto/constants.h	2004-08-22 22:45:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -298,8 +298,9 @@
 /* Dead Peer Detection actions */
 
 enum dpd_action {
-  DPD_ACTION_CLEAR = 0,
-  DPD_ACTION_HOLD  = 1
+  DPD_ACTION_CLEAR    = 0,
+  DPD_ACTION_HOLD     = 1,
+  DPD_ACTION_RESTART  = 2
 };
 
 /* Timer events */
diff -rNu pluto.orig/ipsec_doi.c pluto/ipsec_doi.c
--- pluto.orig/ipsec_doi.c	2004-04-03 18:48:10.000000000 +0200
+++ pluto/ipsec_doi.c	2004-08-22 22:32:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -5504,7 +5528,7 @@
 
     action = st->st_connection->dpd_action;
 
-    passert(action == DPD_ACTION_HOLD || action == DPD_ACTION_CLEAR);
+    passert(action == DPD_ACTION_HOLD || action == DPD_ACTION_CLEAR || action == DPD_ACTION_RESTART);
 
     loglog(RC_LOG_SERIOUS, "DPD: Info: No response from peer - declaring peer dead");
 
@@ -5521,11 +5545,20 @@
 	   force an initiation of the conn again.  */
 	loglog(RC_LOG_SERIOUS, "DPD: Info: Putting connection into %%trap");
 
-    } else {
+    } else if(action == DPD_ACTION_CLEAR) {
 	/* dpdaction=clear - Wipe the SA, eroute - everything */
 
 	loglog(RC_LOG_SERIOUS, "DPD: Info: Clearing Connection");
 	unroute_connection(c);
+    } else {
+	/* dpdaction=clear - Wipe the SA, eroute - everything, then restart */
+
+	loglog(RC_LOG_SERIOUS, "DPD: Info: Restarting Connection");
+	unroute_connection(c);
+        if (c->kind == CK_PERMANENT) {
+            c->initiated = TRUE;
+            ipsecdoi_initiate(NULL_FD, c, c->policy, 1, SOS_NOBODY);
+        }
     }
 }
 #endif
diff -rNu pluto.orig/whack.c pluto/whack.c
--- pluto.orig/whack.c	2004-03-01 13:54:10.000000000 +0100
+++ pluto/whack.c	2004-08-22 22:34:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -1033,6 +1033,9 @@
 	    if( strcmp(optarg, "hold") == 0) {
 		    msg.dpd_action = DPD_ACTION_HOLD;
 	    }
+	    if( strcmp(optarg, "restart") == 0) {
+		    msg.dpd_action = DPD_ACTION_RESTART;
+	    }
 	    continue;
 
 #endif
@@ -1235,8 +1238,8 @@
 	    diag("dpddelay specified, but dpdtimeout is zero, both should be specified");
     if(!msg.dpd_delay && msg.dpd_timeout)
 	    diag("dpdtimeout specified, but dpddelay is zero, both should be specified");
-    if(msg.dpd_action != DPD_ACTION_CLEAR && msg.dpd_action != DPD_ACTION_HOLD) {
-	    diag("dpdaction can only be \"clear\" or \"hold\", defaulting to \"hold\"");
+    if(msg.dpd_action != DPD_ACTION_CLEAR && msg.dpd_action != DPD_ACTION_HOLD && msg.dpd_action != DPD_ACTION_RESTART) {
+	    diag("dpdaction can only be \"restart\", \"clear\" or \"hold\", defaulting to \"hold\"");
 	    msg.dpd_action = DPD_ACTION_HOLD;
     }
 #endif