diff --git a/contributors.yml b/contributors.yml
index 8de7f34850..0a7e13fb83 100644
--- a/contributors.yml
+++ b/contributors.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 - brophdawg11
 - btav
 - bvangraafeiland
+- c0va23
 - camthompson
 - CanRau
 - caprolactam
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dev/.changes/patch.copy-server-watch-config.md b/packages/react-router-dev/.changes/patch.copy-server-watch-config.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e90657d8cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-router-dev/.changes/patch.copy-server-watch-config.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Pass Vite `server.watch` config to child compiler in development mode.
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
index 7710912526..06a4462991 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
@@ -1551,7 +1551,8 @@ 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,
           },