diff --git a/.changeset/wet-walls-camp.md b/.changeset/wet-walls-camp.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d79eb8f82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wet-walls-camp.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@react-router/dev": patch
+---
+
+Copy `server.watch` config options from `vite.config.(ts|js)` file to child vite server in development mode.
diff --git a/contributors.yml b/contributors.yml
index e6c663f7be..215c009e79 100644
--- a/contributors.yml
+++ b/contributors.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 - brophdawg11
 - btav
 - bvangraafeiland
+- c0va23
 - camthompson
 - CanRau
 - caprolactam
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
index d64f59fd53..5a544f8a6e 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ export const reactRouterVitePlugin: ReactRouterVitePlugin = () => {
           cacheDir: "node_modules/.vite-child-compiler",
           mode: viteConfig.mode,
           server: {
-            watch: viteConfig.command === "build" ? null : undefined,
+            watch: viteConfig.command === "build" ? null : viteConfig.server.watch,
             preTransformRequests: false,
             hmr: false,
           },