diff --git a/docs/publish.rst b/docs/publish.rst
index 197aa779..96d67d58 100644
--- a/docs/publish.rst
+++ b/docs/publish.rst
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ http://localhost:8000/::
 
     invoke serve
 
+To serve the generated site with automatic browser reloading every time a
+change is detected, first ``pip install livereload``, then use the
+following command::
+
+    invoke livereload
+
 If during the ``pelican-quickstart`` process you answered "yes" when asked
 whether you want to upload your site via SSH, you can use the following command
 to publish your site via rsync over SSH::
diff --git a/pelican/tools/templates/tasks.py.jinja2 b/pelican/tools/templates/tasks.py.jinja2
index f022bfc0..ef48e968 100644
--- a/pelican/tools/templates/tasks.py.jinja2
+++ b/pelican/tools/templates/tasks.py.jinja2
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import datetime
 from invoke import task
 from invoke.util import cd
 from pelican.server import ComplexHTTPRequestHandler, RootedHTTPServer
+from pelican.settings import DEFAULT_CONFIG, get_settings_from_file
+
+SETTINGS = {}
+SETTINGS.update(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+LOCAL_SETTINGS = get_settings_from_file('pelicanconf.py')
+SETTINGS.update(LOCAL_SETTINGS)
 
 CONFIG = {
     # Local path configuration (can be absolute or relative to tasks.py)
@@ -80,6 +86,20 @@ def preview(c):
     """Build production version of site"""
     c.run('pelican -s publishconf.py')
 
+@task
+def livereload(c):
+    """Automatically reload browser tab upon file modification."""
+    from livereload import Server
+    build(c)
+    server = Server()
+    deploy_path = CONFIG['deploy_path']
+    content_path = SETTINGS['PATH']
+    content_file_extensions = ['.md', '.rst']
+    for file_extension in content_file_extensions:
+        content_blob = '{0}/**/*{1}'.format(content_path, file_extension)
+        server.watch(content_blob, lambda: build(c))
+    server.serve(root=deploy_path)
+
 {% if cloudfiles %}
 @task
 def cf_upload(c):