diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/28204-option-to-disable-webpack-dev-server-livereload.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/28204-option-to-disable-webpack-dev-server-livereload.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df2478a3f2893694f6f5c4030a3ae05c531ca60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/28204-option-to-disable-webpack-dev-server-livereload.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Pick up option from GDK to disable webpack dev server livereload
+merge_request:
+author:
diff --git a/config/webpack.config.js b/config/webpack.config.js
index 515569b2e97d1cd3ebe73b0691af99f12528cf09..158999938749e02451b53d18cde0cbfdf040b326 100644
--- a/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var ROOT_PATH = path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
 var IS_PRODUCTION = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
 var IS_DEV_SERVER = process.argv[1].indexOf('webpack-dev-server') !== -1;
 var DEV_SERVER_PORT = parseInt(process.env.DEV_SERVER_PORT, 10) || 3808;
+var DEV_SERVER_LIVERELOAD = process.env.DEV_SERVER_LIVERELOAD !== 'false';
 
 var config = {
   context: path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'app/assets/javascripts'),
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ if (IS_DEV_SERVER) {
     port: DEV_SERVER_PORT,
     headers: { 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*' },
     stats: 'errors-only',
+    inline: DEV_SERVER_LIVERELOAD
   };
   config.output.publicPath = '//localhost:' + DEV_SERVER_PORT + config.output.publicPath;
 }