diff --git a/examples/KV/spin.toml b/examples/KV/spin.toml
index 148d43c..b67ce58 100644
--- a/examples/KV/spin.toml
+++ b/examples/KV/spin.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ key_value_stores = ["default"]
 route = "/..."
 [component.build]
 command = "spin py2wasm app -o app.wasm"
+watch = ["app.py"]
diff --git a/examples/external_lib/spin.toml b/examples/external_lib/spin.toml
index bec2f1e..08223ab 100644
--- a/examples/external_lib/spin.toml
+++ b/examples/external_lib/spin.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ source = "app.wasm"
 route = "/..."
 [component.build]
 command = "spin py2wasm app -o app.wasm"
+watch = ["app.py", "Pipfile*"]
diff --git a/examples/hello_world/spin.toml b/examples/hello_world/spin.toml
index 0e54a3b..dd3d874 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world/spin.toml
+++ b/examples/hello_world/spin.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ source = "app.wasm"
 route = "/..."
 [component.build]
 command = "spin py2wasm app -o app.wasm"
+watch = ["app.py"]
diff --git a/examples/outbound_http/spin.toml b/examples/outbound_http/spin.toml
index 154a71c..06c79b6 100644
--- a/examples/outbound_http/spin.toml
+++ b/examples/outbound_http/spin.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ allowed_http_hosts = ["https://some-random-api.ml"]
 route = "/..."
 [component.build]
 command = "spin py2wasm app -o app.wasm"
+watch = ["app.py"]
diff --git a/examples/outbound_redis/spin.toml b/examples/outbound_redis/spin.toml
index fce6622..a56f82b 100644
--- a/examples/outbound_redis/spin.toml
+++ b/examples/outbound_redis/spin.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ source = "app.wasm"
 route = "/..."
 [component.build]
 command = "spin py2wasm app -o app.wasm"
+watch = ["app.py"]
diff --git a/templates/http-py/content/spin.toml b/templates/http-py/content/spin.toml
index cae2f81..260e3ee 100644
--- a/templates/http-py/content/spin.toml
+++ b/templates/http-py/content/spin.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ source = "app.wasm"
 route = "{{http-path}}"
 [component.build]
 command = "spin py2wasm app -o app.wasm"
+watch = ["app.py", "Pipfile"]
diff --git a/templates/http-py/metadata/snippets/component.txt b/templates/http-py/metadata/snippets/component.txt
index e9b4be7..51845d9 100644
--- a/templates/http-py/metadata/snippets/component.txt
+++ b/templates/http-py/metadata/snippets/component.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ route = "{{http-path}}"
 [component.build]
 command = "spin py2wasm app -o app.wasm"
 workdir = "{{ output-path }}"
-
+watch = ["app.py", "Pipfile"]