diff --git a/src/config/models.rs b/src/config/models.rs
index ba9e00c1..bbd49916 100644
--- a/src/config/models.rs
+++ b/src/config/models.rs
@@ -102,8 +102,11 @@ pub struct ConfigOptsWatch {
     #[arg(short, long, value_name = "path")]
     pub ignore: Option<Vec<PathBuf>>,
     /// Using polling mode for detecting changes
-    #[arg(short, long)]
+    #[arg(long)]
     pub poll: bool,
+    /// Allow disabling the cooldown
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub ignore_cooldown: bool,
 }
 
 /// Config options for the serve system.
@@ -331,6 +334,7 @@ impl ConfigOpts {
             watch: cli.watch,
             ignore: cli.ignore,
             poll: cli.poll,
+            ignore_cooldown: cli.ignore_cooldown,
         };
         let cfg = ConfigOpts {
             build: None,
diff --git a/src/config/rt.rs b/src/config/rt.rs
index 8ae32f0b..e379543b 100644
--- a/src/config/rt.rs
+++ b/src/config/rt.rs
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ pub struct RtcWatch {
     pub paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
     /// Paths to ignore.
     pub ignored_paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
-    /// Use polling mode for detecting chnages
+    /// Use polling mode for detecting changes
     pub poll: bool,
+    /// Allow disabling the cooldown
+    pub ignore_cooldown: bool,
 }
 
 impl RtcWatch {
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ impl RtcWatch {
             paths,
             ignored_paths,
             poll: opts.poll,
+            ignore_cooldown: opts.ignore_cooldown,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/watch.rs b/src/watch.rs
index 99138aab..9db0bb75 100644
--- a/src/watch.rs
+++ b/src/watch.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ pub struct WatchSystem {
     /// build cooldown period ensures that no FS events are processed until at least a duration
     /// of `WATCHER_COOLDOWN` has elapsed since the last build.
     last_build_finished: Instant,
+    /// The cooldown for the watcher. [`None`] disables the cooldown.
+    watcher_cooldown: Option<Duration>,
 }
 
 impl WatchSystem {
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ impl WatchSystem {
             shutdown: BroadcastStream::new(shutdown.subscribe()),
             build_done_tx,
             last_build_finished: Instant::now(),
+            watcher_cooldown: (!cfg.ignore_cooldown).then(|| WATCHER_COOLDOWN),
         })
     }
 
@@ -113,17 +116,19 @@ impl WatchSystem {
 
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(self, event))]
     async fn handle_watch_event(&mut self, event: DebouncedEvent) {
-        // There are various OS syscalls which can trigger FS changes, even though semantically no
-        // changes were made. A notorious example which has plagued the trunk watcher
-        // implementation is `std::fs::copy`, which will trigger watcher changes indicating
-        // that file contents have been modified.
-        //
-        // Given the difficult nature of this issue, we opt for using a cooldown period. Any changes
-        // events processed within the cooldown period following a build will be ignored.
-        if Instant::now().duration_since(self.last_build_finished) <= WATCHER_COOLDOWN {
-            // Purge any other events in the queue.
-            while let Ok(_event) = self.watch_rx.try_recv() {}
-            return;
+        if let Some(cooldown) = self.watcher_cooldown {
+            // There are various OS syscalls which can trigger FS changes, even though semantically no
+            // changes were made. A notorious example which has plagued the trunk watcher
+            // implementation is `std::fs::copy`, which will trigger watcher changes indicating
+            // that file contents have been modified.
+            //
+            // Given the difficult nature of this issue, we opt for using a cooldown period. Any changes
+            // events processed within the cooldown period following a build will be ignored.
+            if Instant::now().duration_since(self.last_build_finished) <= cooldown {
+                // Purge any other events in the queue.
+                while let Ok(_event) = self.watch_rx.try_recv() {}
+                return;
+            }
         }
 
         // Check each path in the event for a match.