1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config/webpack.config.js b/config/webpack.config.js
index 873c7b1d4ef..0fea3f8222b 100644
--- a/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var webpack = require('webpack');
 var StatsPlugin = require('stats-webpack-plugin');
 var CompressionPlugin = require('compression-webpack-plugin');
 var BundleAnalyzerPlugin = require('webpack-bundle-analyzer').BundleAnalyzerPlugin;
+var WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin');
 
 var ROOT_PATH = path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
 var IS_PRODUCTION = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
@@ -187,6 +188,10 @@ if (IS_DEV_SERVER) {
     inline: DEV_SERVER_LIVERELOAD
   };
   config.output.publicPath = '//localhost:' + DEV_SERVER_PORT + config.output.publicPath;
+  config.plugins.push(
+    // watch node_modules for changes if we encounter a missing module compile error
+    new WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin(path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'node_modules'))
+  );
 }
 
 if (WEBPACK_REPORT) {