diff --git a/lib/install/Procfile.dev b/lib/install/Procfile.dev
index 023e98a0..cd230fc6 100644
--- a/lib/install/Procfile.dev
+++ b/lib/install/Procfile.dev
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 web: bin/rails server -p 3000
 css: bin/rails tailwindcss:watch
+css_polling: bin/rails tailwindcss:poll
diff --git a/lib/install/dev b/lib/install/dev
index 2daf7764..b1f85435 100755
--- a/lib/install/dev
+++ b/lib/install/dev
@@ -6,4 +6,19 @@ then
   gem install foreman
 fi
 
-foreman start -f Procfile.dev
+while getopts "p" option
+do 
+  case "${option}"
+    in
+    p)polling=1;;
+    *);;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [ $polling -eq 1 ]
+then
+  echo "[INFO] Enabled polling for css processing!"
+  foreman start -f Procfile.dev -m all=1,css=0
+else 
+  foreman start -f Procfile.dev -m all=1,css_polling=0
+fi
diff --git a/lib/tasks/build.rake b/lib/tasks/build.rake
index 760a478e..76906d3a 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/build.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/build.rake
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ namespace :tailwindcss do
     system TAILWIND_COMPILE_COMMAND
   end
 
-  desc "Watch and build your Tailwind CSS on file changes"
+  desc "Watch and build your Tailwind CSS on file changes (using filesystem events)"
   task :watch do
     system "#{TAILWIND_COMPILE_COMMAND} -w"
   end
+  
+  desc "Watch and build your Tailwind CSS on file changes (using polling)"
+  task :poll do
+    system "#{TAILWIND_COMPILE_COMMAND} -p"
+  end
 end
 
 Rake::Task["assets:precompile"].enhance(["tailwindcss:build"])