diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/gulp/tasks/watch.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/gulp/tasks/watch.js
index a5c476f7d2..5c2fa2e5c8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/gulp/tasks/watch.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/gulp/tasks/watch.js
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ gulp.task('watch', function () {
         watch(config.sources.globs.js, { interval: watchInterval })
         .pipe(gulp.dest(config.root + config.targets.js))
     );
+    
+    
+    //watch all lib files that will not be merged - copy single file changes
+    stream.add(
+        watch(config.sources.globs.lib, { interval: watchInterval })
+        .pipe(gulp.dest(config.root + config.targets.lib))
+    );
 
     return stream;
 });