diff --git a/lib/monitor/watch.js b/lib/monitor/watch.js
index 5b6e38c4..fe26c283 100644
--- a/lib/monitor/watch.js
+++ b/lib/monitor/watch.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function watch() {
 
     var watcher = chokidar.watch(
       dirs,
-      Object.assign({}, watchOptions, config.watchOptions || {})
+      Object.assign({}, watchOptions, config.options.watchOptions || {})
     );
 
     watcher.ready = false;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/configs/watch-options.json b/test/fixtures/configs/watch-options.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..858db5cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/configs/watch-options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "ext": "json,js,html",
+  "watchOptions": {
+    "awaitWriteFinish": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/monitor/watch.test.js b/test/monitor/watch.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34872c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/monitor/watch.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+'use-strict';
+
+var assert = require('assert');
+var chokidar = require('chokidar');
+var process = require('process');
+var config = require('../../lib/config');
+var watch = require('../../lib/monitor/watch');
+
+describe('watch', function() {
+  it('should pass watchOptions to the watcher', function(done) {
+    process.chdir(process.cwd() + '/test/fixtures/configs');
+
+    var passedOptions = {};
+    var originalWatch = chokidar.watch;
+    chokidar.watch = function(dirs, options) {
+      passedOptions = options;
+      return originalWatch(dirs, options);
+    };
+
+    config.load({
+      configFile: process.cwd() + '/watch-options.json'
+    }, () => {
+      watch.watch();
+      chokidar.watch = originalWatch;
+      assert(passedOptions.awaitWriteFinish, 'awaitWriteFinish does not have the correct value');
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+})