diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05a3a49..cbcae4c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ zig-out/
 zig-cache/
 *.core
 static/
+.jetzig
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 82532bc..48a40c5 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ pub fn jetzigInit(b: *std.Build, exe: *std.Build.Step.Compile, options: JetzigIn
     exe.root_module.addImport("jetzig", jetzig_module);
     exe.root_module.addImport("zmpl", zmpl_module);
 
+    if (b.option(bool, "jetzig_runner", "Used internally by `jetzig server` command.")) |jetzig_runner| {
+        if (jetzig_runner) {
+            const file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile(".jetzig", .{ .truncate = true });
+            defer file.close();
+            try file.writeAll(exe.name);
+        }
+    }
+
     var generate_routes = try GenerateRoutes.init(b.allocator, "src/app/views");
     try generate_routes.generateRoutes();
     const write_files = b.addWriteFiles();
diff --git a/cli/cli.zig b/cli/cli.zig
index e6853b0..ca62b78 100644
--- a/cli/cli.zig
+++ b/cli/cli.zig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const args = @import("args");
 const init = @import("commands/init.zig");
 const update = @import("commands/update.zig");
 const generate = @import("commands/generate.zig");
+const server = @import("commands/server.zig");
 
 const Options = struct {
     help: bool = false,
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ const Options = struct {
             .init = "Initialize a new project",
             .update = "Update current project to latest version of Jetzig",
             .generate = "Generate scaffolding",
+            .server = "Run a development server",
             .help = "Print help and exit",
         },
     };
@@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ const Verb = union(enum) {
     init: init.Options,
     update: update.Options,
     generate: generate.Options,
+    server: server.Options,
     g: generate.Options,
+    s: server.Options,
 };
 
 /// Main entrypoint for `jetzig` executable. Parses command line args and generates a new
@@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             \\  init         Initialize a new project.
             \\  update       Update current project to latest version of Jetzig.
             \\  generate     Generate scaffolding.
+            \\  server       Run a development server.
             \\
             \\ Pass --help to any command for more information, e.g. `jetzig init --help`
             \\
@@ -88,6 +93,13 @@ fn run(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, options: args.ParseArgsResult(Options, Verb
                 options.positionals,
                 .{ .help = options.options.help },
             ),
+            .s, .server => |opts| server.run(
+                allocator,
+                opts,
+                writer,
+                options.positionals,
+                .{ .help = options.options.help },
+            ),
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/cli/commands/server.zig b/cli/commands/server.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8395c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/commands/server.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const args = @import("args");
+const util = @import("../util.zig");
+
+pub const watch_changes_pause_duration = 1 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
+
+/// Command line options for the `update` command.
+pub const Options = struct {
+    reload: bool = true,
+
+    pub const meta = .{
+        .full_text =
+        \\Launches a development server.
+        \\
+        \\The development server reloads when files in `src/` are updated.
+        \\
+        \\To disable this behaviour, pass `--reload=false`
+        \\
+        \\Example:
+        \\
+        \\  jetzig server
+        \\  jetzig server --reload=false
+        ,
+        .option_docs = .{
+            .reload = "Enable or disable automatic reload on update (default: true)",
+        },
+    };
+};
+
+/// Run the `jetzig server` command.
+pub fn run(
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    options: Options,
+    writer: anytype,
+    positionals: [][]const u8,
+    other_options: struct { help: bool },
+) !void {
+    if (other_options.help) {
+        try args.printHelp(Options, "jetzig server", writer);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (positionals.len > 0) {
+        std.debug.print("The `server` command does not accept positional arguments.", .{});
+        return error.JetzigCommandError;
+    }
+
+    var cwd = try util.detectJetzigProjectDir();
+    defer cwd.close();
+
+    const realpath = try std.fs.realpathAlloc(allocator, ".");
+    defer allocator.free(realpath);
+
+    var mtime = try totalMtime(allocator, cwd, "src");
+
+    std.debug.print(
+        "Launching development server. [reload:{s}]\n",
+        .{
+            if (options.reload) "enabled" else "disabled",
+        },
+    );
+
+    while (true) {
+        try util.runCommand(
+            allocator,
+            realpath,
+            &[_][]const u8{ "zig", "build", "-Djetzig_runner=true", "install" },
+        );
+
+        const exe_path = try locateExecutable(allocator, cwd);
+        if (exe_path == null) {
+            std.debug.print("Unable to locate compiled executable. Exiting.\n", .{});
+            std.os.exit(1);
+        }
+
+        const argv = &[_][]const u8{exe_path.?};
+        defer allocator.free(exe_path.?);
+
+        var process = std.process.Child.init(argv, allocator);
+        process.stdin_behavior = .Inherit;
+        process.stdout_behavior = .Inherit;
+        process.stderr_behavior = .Inherit;
+        process.cwd = realpath;
+
+        var stdout_buf = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+        defer stdout_buf.deinit();
+
+        var stderr_buf = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+        defer stderr_buf.deinit();
+
+        try process.spawn();
+
+        if (!options.reload) {
+            const term = try process.wait();
+            std.os.exit(term.Exited);
+        }
+
+        while (true) {
+            if (process.term) |_| {
+                _ = try process.wait();
+                std.debug.print("Server exited, restarting...\n", .{});
+            }
+
+            std.time.sleep(watch_changes_pause_duration);
+
+            const new_mtime = try totalMtime(allocator, cwd, "src");
+
+            if (new_mtime > mtime) {
+                std.debug.print("Changes detected, restarting server...\n", .{});
+                _ = try process.kill();
+                mtime = new_mtime;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn totalMtime(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, cwd: std.fs.Dir, sub_path: []const u8) !i128 {
+    var dir = try cwd.openDir(sub_path, .{ .iterate = true });
+    defer dir.close();
+
+    var walker = try dir.walk(allocator);
+    defer walker.deinit();
+
+    var sum: i128 = 0;
+
+    while (try walker.next()) |entry| {
+        if (entry.kind != .file) continue;
+        const extension = std.fs.path.extension(entry.path);
+
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, extension, ".zig") or std.mem.eql(u8, extension, ".zmpl")) {
+            const stat = try dir.statFile(entry.path);
+            sum += stat.mtime;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return sum;
+}
+
+fn locateExecutable(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, dir: std.fs.Dir) !?[]const u8 {
+    const file = dir.openFile(".jetzig", .{}) catch |err| {
+        switch (err) {
+            error.FileNotFound => return null,
+            else => return err,
+        }
+    };
+    const content = try file.readToEndAlloc(allocator, 1024);
+    defer allocator.free(content);
+
+    const exe_name = util.strip(content);
+
+    // XXX: Will fail if user sets a custom install path.
+    var bin_dir = try dir.openDir("zig-out/bin", .{ .iterate = true });
+    defer bin_dir.close();
+
+    var walker = try bin_dir.walk(allocator);
+    defer walker.deinit();
+
+    while (try walker.next()) |entry| {
+        if (entry.kind == .file and std.mem.eql(u8, entry.path, exe_name)) {
+            return try bin_dir.realpathAlloc(allocator, entry.path);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}