diff --git a/browsersync-config.js b/browsersync-config.js
index c11f4d370..9d8266408 100644
--- a/browsersync-config.js
+++ b/browsersync-config.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
     "ui": {
         "port": 3001
     },
-    "files": ["loleaflet/dist/**/*.css", "loleaflet/dist/**/*.js"],
+    "files": ["loleaflet/dist/**/*.css", "loleaflet/dist/**/*.js", "loleaflet/dist/*.html"],
     "watchEvents": [
         "change"
     ],
diff --git a/loleaflet/Makefile.am b/loleaflet/Makefile.am
index 4c09cc590..cb7282248 100644
--- a/loleaflet/Makefile.am
+++ b/loleaflet/Makefile.am
@@ -252,7 +252,11 @@ $(builddir)/dist/images/%: $(srcdir)/images/%
 
 $(builddir)/dist/%.html: $(srcdir)/html/%.html
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	@cp $< $@
+	@if test -z '$(ENABLE_BROWSERSYNC)'; then \
+		`cp $< $@`; \
+	else \
+		`ln -sf $(abs_srcdir)/$< $@`; \
+	fi
 
 $(builddir)/dist/src/%.js: $(srcdir)/src/%.js
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)