diff --git a/packages/angular-cli/plugins/karma.js b/packages/angular-cli/plugins/karma.js
index 1c17e28e3771..69bf559031be 100644
--- a/packages/angular-cli/plugins/karma.js
+++ b/packages/angular-cli/plugins/karma.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const getWebpackTestConfig = require('../models/webpack-build-test').getWebpackTestConfig;
+const CliConfig = require('../models/config').CliConfig;
 
 const init = (config) => {
 
@@ -23,8 +24,12 @@ const init = (config) => {
       timings: false,
       chunks: false,
       chunkModules: false
+    },
+    watchOptions: {
+      poll: CliConfig.fromProject().config.defaults.poll
     }
   };
+
   config.webpack = Object.assign(webpackConfig, config.webpack);
   config.webpackMiddleware = Object.assign(webpackMiddlewareConfig, config.webpackMiddleware);
 
@@ -45,4 +50,4 @@ preprocessor.$inject = []
 module.exports = Object.assign({
   'framework:angular-cli': ['factory', init],
   'preprocessor:angular-cli': ['factory', preprocessor]
-}, require('karma-webpack'), require('karma-sourcemap-loader'));
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+}, require('karma-webpack'), require('karma-sourcemap-loader'));