diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 640243b8..e8332692 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ In Development
 Control panel:
 
 * Munin system monitoring graphs are now zoomable.
+* When a reboot is required (due to Ubuntu security updates automatically installed), a Reboot Box button now appears.
 
 v0.17b (March 1, 2016)
 ----------------------
diff --git a/management/daemon.py b/management/daemon.py
index 85a722a2..690f8b0f 100755
--- a/management/daemon.py
+++ b/management/daemon.py
@@ -453,6 +453,27 @@ def do_updates():
 		"DEBIAN_FRONTEND": "noninteractive"
 	})
 
+
+@app.route('/system/reboot', methods=["GET"])
+@authorized_personnel_only
+def needs_reboot():
+	from status_checks import is_reboot_needed_due_to_package_installation
+	if is_reboot_needed_due_to_package_installation():
+		return json_response(True)
+	else:
+		return json_response(False)
+
+@app.route('/system/reboot', methods=["POST"])
+@authorized_personnel_only
+def do_reboot():
+	# To keep the attack surface low, we don't allow a remote reboot if one isn't necessary.
+	from status_checks import is_reboot_needed_due_to_package_installation
+	if is_reboot_needed_due_to_package_installation():
+		return utils.shell("check_output", ["/sbin/shutdown", "-r", "now"], capture_stderr=True)
+	else:
+		return "No reboot is required, so it is not allowed."
+
+
 @app.route('/system/backup/status')
 @authorized_personnel_only
 def backup_status():
diff --git a/management/status_checks.py b/management/status_checks.py
index 1feea68a..36a87ea1 100755
--- a/management/status_checks.py
+++ b/management/status_checks.py
@@ -185,10 +185,13 @@ def check_ssh_password(env, output):
 	else:
 		output.print_ok("SSH disallows password-based login.")
 
+def is_reboot_needed_due_to_package_installation():
+	return os.path.exists("/var/run/reboot-required")
+
 def check_software_updates(env, output):
 	# Check for any software package updates.
 	pkgs = list_apt_updates(apt_update=False)
-	if os.path.exists("/var/run/reboot-required"):
+	if is_reboot_needed_due_to_package_installation():
 		output.print_error("System updates have been installed and a reboot of the machine is required.")
 	elif len(pkgs) == 0:
 		output.print_ok("System software is up to date.")
diff --git a/management/templates/system-status.html b/management/templates/system-status.html
index 9fe9d08e..dc9233a5 100644
--- a/management/templates/system-status.html
+++ b/management/templates/system-status.html
@@ -34,19 +34,23 @@
   font-family: monospace;
   white-space: pre-wrap;
 }
-
-#system-privacy-setting {
-  float: right;
-  max-width: 20em;
-  margin-bottom: 1em;
-}
 </style>
 
+<div class="row">
+	<div class="col-md-push-9 col-md-3">
+
+<div id="system-reboot-required" style="display: none; margin-bottom: 1em;">
+	<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" onclick="confirm_reboot(); return false;">Reboot Box</button>
+	<div>No reboot is necessary.</div>
+</div>
+
 <div id="system-privacy-setting" style="display: none">
 	<div><a onclick="return enable_privacy(!current_privacy_setting)" href="#"><span>Enable/Disable</span> New-Version Check</a></div>
 	<p style="line-height: 125%"><small>(When enabled, status checks phone-home to check for a new release of Mail-in-a-Box.)</small></p>
 </div>
 
+	</div> <!-- /col -->
+	<div class="col-md-pull-3 col-md-8">
 
 <table id="system-checks" class="table" style="max-width: 60em">
   <thead>
@@ -55,6 +59,9 @@
   </tbody>
 </table>
 
+	</div> <!-- /col -->
+</div> <!-- /row -->
+
 <script>
 function show_system_status() {
   $('#system-checks tbody').html("<tr><td colspan='2' class='text-muted'>Loading...</td></tr>")
@@ -70,6 +77,16 @@ function show_system_status() {
       $('#system-privacy-setting p').toggle(r);
     });
 
+  api(
+    "/system/reboot",
+    "GET",
+    { },
+    function(r) {
+      $('#system-reboot-required').show(); // show when r becomes available
+      $('#system-reboot-required').find('button').toggle(r);
+      $('#system-reboot-required').find('div').toggle(!r);
+    });
+
   api(
     "/system/status",
     "POST",
@@ -122,4 +139,22 @@ function enable_privacy(status) {
     });
   return false; // disable link
 }
+
+function confirm_reboot() {
+  show_modal_confirm(
+    "Reboot",
+    $("<p>This will reboot your Mail-in-a-Box <code>{{hostname}}</code>.</p> <p>Until the machine is fully restarted, your users will not be able to send and receive email, and you will not be able to connect to this control panel or with SSH. The reboot cannot be cancelled.</p>"),
+    "Reboot Now",
+    function() {
+      api(
+        "/system/reboot",
+        "POST",
+        { },
+        function(r) {
+          var msg = "<p>Please reload this page after a minute or so.</p>";
+          if (r) msg = "<p>The reboot command said:</p> <pre>" + $("<pre/>").text(r).html() + "</pre>"; // successful reboots don't produce any output; the output must be HTML-escaped
+          show_modal_error("Reboot", msg);
+        });
+    });
+}
 </script>