diff --git a/ctdb/protocol/protocol.h b/ctdb/protocol/protocol.h
index f39eb4acafe..99440b39125 100644
--- a/ctdb/protocol/protocol.h
+++ b/ctdb/protocol/protocol.h
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ struct ctdb_call {
 /* SRVID to inform clients that CTDB_EVENT_IPREALLOCATED finished */
 #define CTDB_SRVID_IPREALLOCATED 0xF302000000000000LL
 
+/* SRVID to inform clients that CTDB_EVENT_START_IPREALLOCATE finished */
+#define CTDB_SRVID_START_IPREALLOCATE 0xF303000000000000LL
+
 /* SRVID to inform recovery daemon of the node flags - OBSOLETE */
 #define CTDB_SRVID_SET_NODE_FLAGS 0xF400000000000000LL
 
diff --git a/ctdb/protocol/protocol_debug.c b/ctdb/protocol/protocol_debug.c
index 3a4b09f6bb4..cfa8b47672d 100644
--- a/ctdb/protocol/protocol_debug.c
+++ b/ctdb/protocol/protocol_debug.c
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ static void ctdb_srvid_print(uint64_t srvid, FILE *fp)
 		fprintf(fp, "TAKE_IP");
 	} else if (srvid == CTDB_SRVID_IPREALLOCATED) {
 		fprintf(fp, "IPREALLOCATED");
+	} else if (srvid == CTDB_SRVID_START_IPREALLOCATE) {
+		fprintf(fp, "START_IPREALLOCATE");
 	} else if (srvid == CTDB_SRVID_SET_NODE_FLAGS) {
 		fprintf(fp, "SET_NODE_FLAGS");
 	} else if (srvid == CTDB_SRVID_RECD_UPDATE_IP) {
diff --git a/ctdb/protocol/protocol_message.c b/ctdb/protocol/protocol_message.c
index 8d323227914..627d4f8317d 100644
--- a/ctdb/protocol/protocol_message.c
+++ b/ctdb/protocol/protocol_message.c
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ static size_t ctdb_message_data_len(union ctdb_message_data *mdata,
 	case CTDB_SRVID_IPREALLOCATED:
 		break;
 
+	case CTDB_SRVID_START_IPREALLOCATE:
+		break;
+
 	case CTDB_SRVID_SET_NODE_FLAGS:
 		len = ctdb_node_flag_change_len(mdata->flag_change);
 		break;
@@ -154,6 +157,9 @@ static void ctdb_message_data_push(union ctdb_message_data *mdata,
 	case CTDB_SRVID_IPREALLOCATED:
 		break;
 
+	case CTDB_SRVID_START_IPREALLOCATE:
+		break;
+
 	case CTDB_SRVID_SET_NODE_FLAGS:
 		ctdb_node_flag_change_push(mdata->flag_change, buf, &np);
 		break;
@@ -253,6 +259,9 @@ static int ctdb_message_data_pull(uint8_t *buf, size_t buflen,
 	case CTDB_SRVID_IPREALLOCATED:
 		break;
 
+	case CTDB_SRVID_START_IPREALLOCATE:
+		break;
+
 	case CTDB_SRVID_SET_NODE_FLAGS:
 		ret = ctdb_node_flag_change_pull(buf, buflen, mem_ctx,
 						 &mdata->flag_change, &np);
diff --git a/ctdb/server/ctdb_takeover.c b/ctdb/server/ctdb_takeover.c
index 70d9b85b746..79445ec4899 100644
--- a/ctdb/server/ctdb_takeover.c
+++ b/ctdb/server/ctdb_takeover.c
@@ -2458,6 +2458,7 @@ static void ctdb_start_ipreallocate_callback(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
 {
 	struct start_ipreallocate_callback_state *state = talloc_get_type_abort(
 		p, struct start_ipreallocate_callback_state);
+	TDB_DATA data = { .dsize = 0, };
 
 	if (status != 0) {
 		D_ERR("\"startipreallocate\" event failed (status %d)\n",
@@ -2467,6 +2468,12 @@ static void ctdb_start_ipreallocate_callback(struct ctdb_context *ctdb,
 		}
 	}
 
+	D_INFO("Sending START_IPREALLOCATE message\n");
+	ctdb_daemon_send_message(ctdb,
+				 ctdb->pnn,
+				 CTDB_SRVID_START_IPREALLOCATE,
+				 data);
+
 	ctdb_request_control_reply(ctdb, state->c, NULL, status, NULL);
 	talloc_free(state);
 }