diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 863bc4955c..f58159684f 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var traceur = require('gulp-traceur');
 var webpack = require('gulp-webpack');
 var lazypipe = require('lazypipe');
 var cache = require('gulp-cached');
+var connect = require('gulp-connect');
 
 
 gulp.task('clean.build', function() {
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ gulp.task('watch', function() {
     'sass',
     'fonts',
     'polyfills',
+    'serve',
 
     function() {
       watch(['ionic/**/*.js', '!ionic/components/*/test/**/*'], function() {
@@ -85,6 +87,13 @@ function doubleCheckDistFiles() {
   }
 }
 
+gulp.task('serve', function() {
+  connect.server({
+    port: 8000,
+    livereload: false
+  });
+});
+
 gulp.task('clean', function(done) {
   del(['dist/'], done);
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4026fc3761..2f7f22d9f6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "gulp-babel": "^5.1.0",
     "gulp-cached": "^1.1.0",
     "gulp-concat": "~2.5.0",
+    "gulp-connect": "^2.2.0",
     "gulp-debug": "~2.0.1",
     "gulp-if": "^1.2.5",
     "gulp-plumber": "^1.0.0",