diff --git a/addon/ng2/tasks/serve-webpack.ts b/addon/ng2/tasks/serve-webpack.ts
index 4dfb1dffff1f..a227220fcc97 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/tasks/serve-webpack.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/tasks/serve-webpack.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ export default Task.extend({
       historyApiFallback: true,
       stats: webpackDevServerOutputOptions,
       inline: true,
-      proxy: proxyConfig
+      proxy: proxyConfig,
+      watchOptions: {
+        poll: CliConfig.fromProject().config.defaults.poll
+      }
     };
 
     ui.writeLine(chalk.green(oneLine`
diff --git a/lib/config/schema.d.ts b/lib/config/schema.d.ts
index f660f183f221..bb47f47212a8 100644
--- a/lib/config/schema.d.ts
+++ b/lib/config/schema.d.ts
@@ -59,5 +59,6 @@ export interface CliConfig {
     defaults?: {
         styleExt?: string;
         prefixInterfaces?: boolean;
+        poll?: number;
     };
 }
diff --git a/lib/config/schema.json b/lib/config/schema.json
index af5d76267e71..5077846501e6 100644
--- a/lib/config/schema.json
+++ b/lib/config/schema.json
@@ -135,10 +135,13 @@
         },
         "prefixInterfaces": {
           "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "poll": {
+          "type": "number"
         }
       },
       "additionalProperties": false
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}