diff --git a/scm-ui/public/index.mustache b/scm-ui/public/index.mustache
index 802be2ca97..62a40d8e93 100644
--- a/scm-ui/public/index.mustache
+++ b/scm-ui/public/index.mustache
@@ -36,5 +36,9 @@
     </script>
     <script src="{{ contextPath }}/vendor.bundle.js"></script>
     <script src="{{ contextPath }}/scm-ui.bundle.js"></script>
+
+    {{#liveReloadURL}}
+    <script src="{{liveReloadURL}}"></script>
+    {{/liveReloadURL}}
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.java
index 6652975c4a..0888a45dc2 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.java
@@ -57,5 +57,9 @@ public class TemplatingPushStateDispatcher implements PushStateDispatcher {
       return request.getContextPath();
     }
 
+    public String getLiveReloadURL() {
+      return System.getProperty("livereload.url");
+    }
+
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/TemplatingPushStateDispatcherTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/TemplatingPushStateDispatcherTest.java
index 126ba9ac0f..cac14bfcf0 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/TemplatingPushStateDispatcherTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/TemplatingPushStateDispatcherTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -45,6 +46,23 @@ public class TemplatingPushStateDispatcherTest {
 
   @Test
   public void testDispatch() throws IOException {
+    TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.IndexHtmlModel model = dispatch();
+    assertEquals("/scm", model.getContextPath());
+    assertNull(model.getLiveReloadURL());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDispatchWithLiveReloadURL() throws IOException {
+    System.setProperty("livereload.url", "/livereload.js");
+    try {
+      TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.IndexHtmlModel model = dispatch();
+      assertEquals("/livereload.js", model.getLiveReloadURL());
+    } finally {
+      System.clearProperty("livereload.url");
+    }
+  }
+
+  private TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.IndexHtmlModel dispatch() throws IOException {
     when(request.getContextPath()).thenReturn("/scm");
     when(templateEngine.getTemplate(TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.TEMPLATE)).thenReturn(template);
 
@@ -59,8 +77,7 @@ public class TemplatingPushStateDispatcherTest {
 
     verify(template).execute(any(Writer.class), captor.capture());
 
-    TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.IndexHtmlModel model = (TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.IndexHtmlModel) captor.getValue();
-    assertEquals("/scm", model.getContextPath());
+    return (TemplatingPushStateDispatcher.IndexHtmlModel) captor.getValue();
   }
 
 }