diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index 0c05a30d6e09..34e116e212e1 100644
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -734,6 +734,13 @@ async function build() {
 
     watcher = chokidar.watch([...contextDependencies, ...extractFileGlobs(config)], {
       ignoreInitial: true,
+      awaitWriteFinish:
+        process.platform === 'win32'
+          ? {
+              stabilityThreshold: 50,
+              pollInterval: 10,
+            }
+          : false,
     })
 
     let chain = Promise.resolve()
diff --git a/src/jit/lib/setupWatchingContext.js b/src/jit/lib/setupWatchingContext.js
index edbf5fba5e6f..0b20f8bd6d34 100644
--- a/src/jit/lib/setupWatchingContext.js
+++ b/src/jit/lib/setupWatchingContext.js
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ function rebootWatcher(context, configPath, configDependencies, candidateFiles)
 
     watcher = chokidar.watch([...candidateFiles, ...configDependencies], {
       ignoreInitial: true,
+      awaitWriteFinish:
+        process.platform === 'win32'
+          ? {
+              stabilityThreshold: 50,
+              pollInterval: 10,
+            }
+          : false,
     })
 
     setWatcher(context, watcher)