diff --git a/bench/config/common_site_config.py b/bench/config/common_site_config.py
index 8f64f541..c8d13db3 100644
--- a/bench/config/common_site_config.py
+++ b/bench/config/common_site_config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ default_config = {
 	'frappe_user': getpass.getuser(),
 	'shallow_clone': True,
 	'background_workers': 1,
-	'use_redis_auth': False
+	'use_redis_auth': False,
+	'live_reload': True
 }
 
 def make_config(bench_path):
diff --git a/bench/patches/v5/set_live_reload_config.py b/bench/patches/v5/set_live_reload_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4538a6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/patches/v5/set_live_reload_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from bench.config.common_site_config import update_config
+
+
+def execute(bench_path):
+	update_config({'live_reload': True}, bench_path)
diff --git a/patches.txt b/patches.txt
index 8f127fe4..dcae0b8a 100644
--- a/patches.txt
+++ b/patches.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 bench.patches.v3.deprecate_old_config
+bench.patches.v5.set_live_reload_config