diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97caa94..c76a72d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ Here are reasons why sass-webpack-plugin is not the best case:
   new SassPlugin('./src/styles/index.scss', {
     sourceMap: true,
     sass: { outputStyle: 'compressed' },
-    autoprefixer: false
+    autoprefixer: false,
+    compileOnSave: true // compile on each save, even in dev server mode
   });
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 05dd9e5..1b8a0bf 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ const processFiles = files => {
   }
 }
 
-const KNOWN_OPTIONS = ['sourceMap', 'sass', 'autoprefixer'];
+const KNOWN_OPTIONS = ['sourceMap', 'sass', 'autoprefixer', 'compileOnSave'];
 const processConfig = (mode, config) => {
-  let options = { sourceMap: true, sass: { sourceMapContents: true } };
+  let options = { sourceMap: true, sass: { sourceMapContents: true }, compileOnSave: false };
 
   if(mode === 'development' || mode === undefined) {
     options.sass.indentedSyntax = true;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class SassPlugin {
         // skip child compilers
         if(compilation.compiler !== compiler) return;
 
-        if(audit.isUpToDay(compilation.fileTimestamps)) return;
+        if(audit.isUpToDay(compilation.fileTimestamps) && !this.options.compileOnSave) return;
 
         compilation.plugin('additional-assets', cb => {
           processor.process().then(([stats, asset, sourceMaps]) => {