diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index a93edc0..968e288 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export default async function microbundle(options) {
 	}
 
 	if (options.watch) {
+		const emitEvents = options.emit;
 		return new Promise( (resolve, reject) => {
 			process.stdout.write(chalk.blue(`Watching source, compiling to ${relative(cwd, dirname(options.output))}:\n`));
 			steps.map( options => {
@@ -109,6 +110,9 @@ export default async function microbundle(options) {
 					if (e.code==='ERROR' || e.code==='FATAL') {
 						return reject(e);
 					}
+					if (emitEvents) {
+						process.emit('event', e);
+					}
 					if (e.code==='END') {
 						getSizeInfo(options._code, options.outputOptions.file).then( text => {
 							process.stdout.write(`Wrote ${text.trim()}\n`);