diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff7d8a9d8..3ca23f351 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "electron-publisher-s3": "^20.8.1",
     "electron-updater": "^2.23.3",
     "electron-window-state": "^4.1.1",
+    "filewatcher-webpack-plugin": "^1.2.0",
     "find-process": "^1.1.0",
     "formik": "^0.10.4",
     "hast-util-sanitize": "^1.1.2",
diff --git a/webpack.renderer.additions.js b/webpack.renderer.additions.js
index b0887e7a0..a04ecab0f 100644
--- a/webpack.renderer.additions.js
+++ b/webpack.renderer.additions.js
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 const path = require('path');
+const FilewatcherPlugin = require('filewatcher-webpack-plugin');
 
 const ELECTRON_RENDERER_PROCESS_ROOT = path.resolve(__dirname, 'src/renderer/');
 
+let PROCESS_ARGV = process.env.npm_config_argv;
+if (PROCESS_ARGV) {
+  PROCESS_ARGV = JSON.parse(PROCESS_ARGV);
+}
+
+const isDev = PROCESS_ARGV && PROCESS_ARGV.original &&
+  (PROCESS_ARGV.original.indexOf('dev') !== -1);
+
 module.exports = {
   // This rule is temporarily necessary until https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-webpack/issues/60 is fixed.
   module: {
@@ -20,4 +29,9 @@ module.exports = {
     modules: [ELECTRON_RENDERER_PROCESS_ROOT, 'node_modules', __dirname],
     extensions: ['.js', '.jsx', '.scss'],
   },
+  plugins: isDev ? [
+    new FilewatcherPlugin({
+      watchFileRegex: [require.resolve('lbry-redux')],
+    }),
+  ] : [],
 };