diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 41342bef..266b0119 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,15 @@ To run a function and restart it when code changes:
 
    run_process('./path/to/dir', foobar, process_args=(1, 2, 3))
 
-(``run_process`` uses ``PythonWatcher`` so only changes to python files will prompt a
-reload, see *custom watchers* below)
+``run_process`` uses ``PythonWatcher`` so only changes to python files will prompt a
+reload, see *custom watchers* below.
+
+If you need notifications about change events as well as to restart a process you can
+use the ``callback`` argument to pass a function will will be called on every file change
+with one argument: the set of file changes.
+
+Asynchronous Methods
+....................
 
 *watchgod* comes with an asynchronous equivalents of ``watch``: ``awatch`` which uses
 a ``ThreadPoolExecutor`` to iterate over files.
@@ -65,11 +72,14 @@ uses ``awatch``:
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    loop.run_until_complete(main())
 
-(``arun_process`` uses ``PythonWatcher`` so only changes to python files will prompt a
-reload, see *custom watchers* below)
+``arun_process`` uses ``PythonWatcher`` so only changes to python files will prompt a
+reload, see *custom watchers* below.
+
+The signature of ``arun_process`` is almost identical to ``run_process`` except that
+the ``callback`` argument if provide must be a coroutine, not a function.
 
-Custom watchers
----------------
+Custom Watchers
+...............
 
 *watchgod* comes with the following watcher classes which can be used via the ``watcher_cls``
 keyword argument to any of the methods above.
diff --git a/tests/test_run_process.py b/tests/test_run_process.py
index 14afcb7e..465b6380 100644
--- a/tests/test_run_process.py
+++ b/tests/test_run_process.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from asyncio import Future
+
 from watchgod import arun_process, run_process
 from watchgod.main import _start_process
 
@@ -42,14 +44,17 @@ def test_alive_terminates(mocker):
     assert mock_kill.call_count == 1
 
 
-def test_dead(mocker):
+def test_dead_callback(mocker):
     mock_start_process = mocker.patch('watchgod.main._start_process')
     mock_start_process.return_value = FakeProcess(is_alive=False)
     mock_kill = mocker.patch('watchgod.main.os.kill')
+    c = mocker.MagicMock()
 
-    assert run_process('/x/y/z', object(), watcher_cls=FakeWatcher, debounce=5, min_sleep=1) == 1
+    assert run_process('/x/y/z', object(), watcher_cls=FakeWatcher, callback=c, debounce=5, min_sleep=1) == 1
     assert mock_start_process.call_count == 2
     assert mock_kill.call_count == 0
+    assert c.call_count == 1
+    c.assert_called_with({'x'})
 
 
 def test_alive_doesnt_terminate(mocker):
@@ -74,8 +79,13 @@ async def test_async_alive_terminates(mocker):
     mock_start_process = mocker.patch('watchgod.main._start_process')
     mock_start_process.return_value = FakeProcess()
     mock_kill = mocker.patch('watchgod.main.os.kill')
+    f = Future()
+    f.set_result(1)
+    c = mocker.MagicMock(return_value=f)
 
-    reloads = await arun_process('/x/y/async', object(), watcher_cls=FakeWatcher, debounce=5, min_sleep=1)
+    reloads = await arun_process('/x/y/async', object(), watcher_cls=FakeWatcher, callback=c, debounce=5, min_sleep=1)
     assert reloads == 1
     assert mock_start_process.call_count == 2
     assert mock_kill.call_count == 1
+    assert c.call_count == 1
+    c.assert_called_with({'x'})
diff --git a/watchgod/main.py b/watchgod/main.py
index d93e2e41..1a06b1f9 100644
--- a/watchgod/main.py
+++ b/watchgod/main.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 from multiprocessing import Process
 from pathlib import Path
 from time import sleep, time
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Tuple, Type, Union
+from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Dict, Set, Tuple, Type, Union
 
-from .watcher import AllWatcher, DefaultWatcher, PythonWatcher
+from .watcher import AllWatcher, Change, DefaultWatcher, PythonWatcher
 
 __all__ = 'watch', 'awatch', 'run_process', 'arun_process'
 logger = logging.getLogger('watchgod.main')
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ def _stop_process(process):
 def run_process(path: Union[Path, str], target: Callable, *,
                 args: Tuple[Any]=(),
                 kwargs: Dict[str, Any]=None,
+                callback: Callable[[Set[Tuple[Change, str]]], None]=None,
                 watcher_cls: Type[AllWatcher]=PythonWatcher,
                 debounce=400,
                 min_sleep=100):
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ def run_process(path: Union[Path, str], target: Callable, *,
     process = _start_process(target=target, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
     reloads = 0
 
-    for _ in watch(path, watcher_cls=watcher_cls, debounce=debounce, min_sleep=min_sleep):
+    for changes in watch(path, watcher_cls=watcher_cls, debounce=debounce, min_sleep=min_sleep):
+        callback and callback(changes)
         _stop_process(process)
         process = _start_process(target=target, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
         reloads += 1
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ def run_process(path: Union[Path, str], target: Callable, *,
 async def arun_process(path: Union[Path, str], target: Callable, *,
                        args: Tuple[Any]=(),
                        kwargs: Dict[str, Any]=None,
+                       callback: Callable[[Set[Tuple[Change, str]]], Awaitable]=None,
                        watcher_cls: Type[AllWatcher]=PythonWatcher,
                        debounce=400,
                        min_sleep=100):
@@ -148,7 +151,8 @@ async def arun_process(path: Union[Path, str], target: Callable, *,
     process = await loop.run_in_executor(None, start_process)
     reloads = 0
 
-    async for _ in awatch(path, watcher_cls=watcher_cls, debounce=debounce, min_sleep=min_sleep):  # noqa: F841
+    async for changes in awatch(path, watcher_cls=watcher_cls, debounce=debounce, min_sleep=min_sleep):  # noqa: F841
+        callback and await callback(changes)
         await loop.run_in_executor(None, _stop_process, process)
         process = await loop.run_in_executor(None, start_process)
         reloads += 1