diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea28f01..56cba5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,14 +40,12 @@ npm i -D vite-plugin-full-reload # yarn add -D vite-plugin-full-reload
 Add it to your plugins in `vite.config.ts`
 
 ```ts
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import FullReload from 'vite-plugin-full-reload'
+import { defineConfig } from "vite";
+import FullReload from "vite-plugin-full-reload";
 
 export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [
-    FullReload(['config/routes.rb', 'app/views/**/*'])
-  ],
-})
+  plugins: [FullReload(["config/routes.rb", "app/views/**/*"])],
+});
 ```
 
 This is useful to trigger a page refresh for files that are not being imported, such as server-rendered templates.
@@ -59,35 +57,47 @@ To see which file globbing options are available, check [picomatch].
 The following options can be provided:
 
 - <kbd>root</kbd>
-  
+
   Files will be resolved against this directory.
 
-  __Default:__ `process.cwd()`
+  **Default:** `process.cwd()`
 
-  ``` js
+  ```js
   FullReload('config/routes.rb', { root: __dirname }),
-  ``` 
+  ```
 
 - <kbd>delay</kbd>
 
   How many milliseconds to wait before reloading the page after a file change.
   It can be used to offset slow template compilation in Rails.
 
-  __Default:__ `0`
-  
+  **Default:** `0`
+
   ```js
-  FullReload('app/views/**/*', { delay: 100 })
-  ``` 
+  FullReload("app/views/**/*", { delay: 100 });
+  ```
+
+- <kbd>debounce</kbd>
+
+  How many milliseconds to postpone the execution of the reload function since it's last invocation.
+  This is useful if you have a lot of changes in a short period of time and need to make sure that
+  only one `full-reload` event is sent to Vite.
+
+  **Default:** `0`
+
+  ```js
+  FullReload("app/views/**/*", { debounce: 100 });
+  ```
 
 - <kbd>always</kbd>
 
   Whether to refresh the page even if the modified HTML file is not currently being displayed.
 
-  __Default:__ `true`
-  
+  **Default:** `true`
+
   ```js
-  FullReload('app/views/**/*', { always: false })
-  ``` 
+  FullReload("app/views/**/*", { always: false });
+  ```
 
 ## Acknowledgements
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 7fafa22..1f74479 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { relative, resolve } from 'path'
 import colors from 'picocolors'
 import picomatch from 'picomatch'
+import debounce from 'debounce'
 import { type PluginOption, type ViteDevServer, normalizePath } from 'vite'
 
 /**
@@ -19,6 +20,15 @@ export interface Config {
    */
   delay?: number
 
+  /**
+   * How many milliseconds to postpone the execution of the reload function since it's last invocation.
+   * This is useful if you have a lot of changes in a short period of time and need to make sure that
+   * only only one `full-reload` event is sent to Vite.
+   *
+   * @default 0
+   */
+  debounce?: number
+
   /**
    * Whether to log when a file change triggers a full reload.
    * @default true
@@ -48,13 +58,15 @@ export default (paths: string | string[], config: Config = {}): PluginOption =>
   config: () => ({ server: { watch: { disableGlobbing: false } } }),
 
   configureServer ({ watcher, ws, config: { logger } }: ViteDevServer) {
-    const { root = process.cwd(), log = true, always = true, delay = 0 } = config
+    const { root = process.cwd(), log = true, always = true, delay = 0, debounce: debounceMs = 0 } = config
 
     const files = normalizePaths(root, paths)
     const shouldReload = picomatch(files)
+    const sendReloadEvent = (path: string) => setTimeout(() => ws.send({ type: 'full-reload', path: always ? '*' : path }), delay)
+    const reload = debounceMs ? debounce(sendReloadEvent, debounceMs) : sendReloadEvent
     const checkReload = (path: string) => {
       if (shouldReload(path)) {
-        setTimeout(() => ws.send({ type: 'full-reload', path: always ? '*' : path }), delay)
+        reload(path)
         if (log)
           logger.info(`${colors.green('page reload')} ${colors.dim(relative(root, path))}`, { clear: true, timestamp: true })
       }