diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index dc621ab6..92cfd5d6 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
   Heroku users: `heroku config:set REDIS_PROVIDER=REDISTOGO_URL`
 - Removed 'sidekiq/yaml\_patch', this was never documented or recommended.
 - Removed the 'started' worker data, it originally provided compatibility with resque-web
-  but overlaps the 'run_at' worker data.
+  but overlaps the 'run\_at' worker data.
 - Remove built-in error integration for Airbrake, Honeybadger, ExceptionNotifier and Exceptional.
   Just update your error gem to the latest version to pick up Sidekiq support.
 - Remove deprecated Sidekiq::Client.registered\_\* APIs
 - Remove deprecated support for the old Sidekiq::Worker#retries\_exhausted method.
 
+2.17.5
+-----------
+
+- A `USR2` signal will now reopen _all_ logs, using IO#reopen. Thus, instead of creating a new Logger object, 
+  Sidekiq will now just update the existing Logger's file descriptor [#1163].
+- Remove pidfile when shutting down if started with `-P` [#1470]
 
 2.17.4
 -----------
diff --git a/examples/sidekiq b/examples/sidekiq
index b003e3b3..42f1e23a 100644
--- a/examples/sidekiq
+++ b/examples/sidekiq
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ case "$1" in
     stop)
         stop
         ;;
+    restart)
+        stop
+        while status > /dev/null
+        do
+             sleep 0.5
+        done
+        start
+        ;;
     status)
         status
 
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb b/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
index 1a0fcc91..05cadcb1 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ module Sidekiq
       when 'USR2'
         if Sidekiq.options[:logfile]
           Sidekiq.logger.info "Received USR2, reopening log file"
-          initialize_logger
+          Sidekiq::Logging.reopen_logs
         end
       when 'TTIN'
         Thread.list.each do |thread|
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ module Sidekiq
 
       cfile = opts[:config_file]
       opts = parse_config(cfile).merge(opts) if cfile
-      
+
       opts[:strict] = true if opts[:strict].nil?
 
       options.merge!(opts)
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ module Sidekiq
         File.open(path, 'w') do |f|
           f.puts Process.pid
         end
+        at_exit do
+          FileUtils.rm_f path
+        end
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/logging.rb b/lib/sidekiq/logging.rb
index 03739974..65744ae7 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/logging.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/logging.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,51 @@ module Sidekiq
       @logger = (log ? log : Logger.new('/dev/null'))
     end
 
+    # This reopens ALL logfiles in the process that have been rotated
+    # using logrotate(8) (without copytruncate) or similar tools.
+    # A +File+ object is considered for reopening if it is:
+    #   1) opened with the O_APPEND and O_WRONLY flags
+    #   2) the current open file handle does not match its original open path
+    #   3) unbuffered (as far as userspace buffering goes, not O_SYNC)
+    # Returns the number of files reopened
+    def self.reopen_logs
+      to_reopen = []
+      append_flags = File::WRONLY | File::APPEND
+
+      ObjectSpace.each_object(File) do |fp|
+        begin
+          if !fp.closed? && fp.stat.file? && fp.sync && (fp.fcntl(Fcntl::F_GETFL) & append_flags) == append_flags
+            to_reopen << fp
+          end
+        rescue IOError, Errno::EBADF
+        end
+      end
+
+      nr = 0
+      to_reopen.each do |fp|
+        orig_st = begin
+          fp.stat
+        rescue IOError, Errno::EBADF
+          next
+        end
+
+        begin
+          b = File.stat(fp.path)
+          next if orig_st.ino == b.ino && orig_st.dev == b.dev
+        rescue Errno::ENOENT
+        end
+
+        begin
+          File.open(fp.path, 'a') { |tmpfp| fp.reopen(tmpfp) }
+          fp.sync = true
+          nr += 1
+        rescue IOError, Errno::EBADF
+          # not much we can do...
+        end
+      end
+      nr
+    end
+
     def logger
       Sidekiq::Logging.logger
     end
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/version.rb b/lib/sidekiq/version.rb
index 01462d7f..eed4f4c0 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Sidekiq
-  VERSION = "2.17.4"
+  VERSION = "2.17.5"
 end