diff --git a/sanic/_live_reload.py b/sanic/_live_reload.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38e2c9b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanic/_live_reload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import os
+import signal
+import time
+
+from watchdog.events import RegexMatchingEventHandler
+from watchdog.observers import Observer
+
+
+class SanicEventHandler(RegexMatchingEventHandler):
+    def __init__(self, interval=1):
+        super().__init__(regexes=['.*\.py', '.*\.pyc', '.*\.pyo'])
+        self.interval = interval
+        self.last_reload = self.current_time
+
+    def on_created(self, event):
+        self.trigger_reload(event.src_path)
+
+    def on_modified(self, event):
+        self.trigger_reload(event.src_path)
+
+    def on_moved(self, event):
+        self.trigger_reload(event.src_path)
+
+    def on_deleted(self, event):
+        self.trigger_reload(event.src_path)
+
+    @property
+    def current_time(self):
+        return time.time()
+
+    def trigger_reload(self, src_path):
+        if self.current_time - self.last_reload > self.interval:
+            os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGHUP)
+            # TODO: Add a log for the src_path and reload mechanisms
+            self.last_reload = self.current_time
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    handler = SanicEventHandler()
+    observer = Observer()
+    observer.schedule(event_handler=handler, path=sys.argv[1], recursive=True)
+    observer.start()
+    try:
+        while observer.isAlive():
+            observer.join(1)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        observer.stop()
+    observer.join()
diff --git a/sanic/utils.py b/sanic/utils.py
index 6b97327b..3e79ca47 100644
--- a/sanic/utils.py
+++ b/sanic/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+import inspect
 import warnings
 
 from sanic.testing import TestClient
@@ -15,3 +17,13 @@ def sanic_endpoint_test(app, method='get', uri='/', gather_request=True,
     return test_client._sanic_endpoint_test(
         method, uri, gather_request, debug, server_kwargs,
         *request_args, **request_kwargs)
+
+
+def get_original_caller_directory():
+    """Gets the directory of the original caller for any function
+
+    To be primarily used to identify where to watch for live reload situations
+
+    :returns: The absolute path to the directory of the original caller
+    """
+    return os.path.split(os.path.abspath(inspect.stack()[-1]))[0]