diff --git a/cmd/templ/generatecmd/cmd.go b/cmd/templ/generatecmd/cmd.go
index 89ec7662b..aa78840c6 100644
--- a/cmd/templ/generatecmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/templ/generatecmd/cmd.go
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ type GenerationEvent struct {
 }
 
 func (cmd Generate) Run(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
+	if cmd.Args.NotifyProxy {
+		proxy.NotifyProxy(cmd.Args.ProxyBind, cmd.Args.ProxyPort)
+		return nil
+	}
 	if cmd.Args.Watch && cmd.Args.FileName != "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot watch a single file, remove the -f or -watch flag")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/templ/generatecmd/main.go b/cmd/templ/generatecmd/main.go
index 0f0b781f6..e4e302d54 100644
--- a/cmd/templ/generatecmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/templ/generatecmd/main.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type Arguments struct {
 	ProxyBind                       string
 	ProxyPort                       int
 	Proxy                           string
+	NotifyProxy                     bool
 	WorkerCount                     int
 	GenerateSourceMapVisualisations bool
 	IncludeVersion                  bool
diff --git a/cmd/templ/generatecmd/proxy/proxy.go b/cmd/templ/generatecmd/proxy/proxy.go
index 27667d722..4073eb176 100644
--- a/cmd/templ/generatecmd/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/templ/generatecmd/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -118,8 +118,17 @@ func (p *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 	if r.URL.Path == "/_templ/reload/events" {
-		// Provides a list of messages including a reload message.
-		p.sse.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		switch r.Method {
+		case http.MethodGet:
+			// Provides a list of messages including a reload message.
+			p.sse.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		case http.MethodPost:
+			// Send a reload message to all connected clients.
+			p.sse.Send("message", "reload")
+			return
+		}
+		http.Error(w, "only GET or POST method allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 		return
 	}
 	p.p.ServeHTTP(w, r)
@@ -180,3 +189,13 @@ func (rt *roundTripper) RoundTrip(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("max retries reached")
 }
+
+func NotifyProxy(host string, port int) error {
+	urlStr := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d/_templ/reload/events", host, port)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, urlStr, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/cmd/templ/main.go b/cmd/templ/main.go
index ff0b0a5fe..0a9cff5d5 100644
--- a/cmd/templ/main.go
+++ b/cmd/templ/main.go
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ Args:
     The port the proxy will listen on. (default 7331)
   -proxybind
     The address the proxy will listen on. (default 127.0.0.1)
+  -notify-proxy
+    If present, the command will issue a reload event to the proxy 127.0.0.1:7331, or use proxyport and proxybind to specify a different address.
   -w
     Number of workers to use when generating code. (default runtime.NumCPUs)
   -pprof
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ func generateCmd(w io.Writer, args []string) (code int) {
 	proxyFlag := cmd.String("proxy", "", "")
 	proxyPortFlag := cmd.Int("proxyport", 7331, "")
 	proxyBindFlag := cmd.String("proxybind", "127.0.0.1", "")
+	notifyProxyFlag := cmd.Bool("notify-proxy", false, "")
 	workerCountFlag := cmd.Int("w", runtime.NumCPU(), "")
 	pprofPortFlag := cmd.Int("pprof", 0, "")
 	keepOrphanedFilesFlag := cmd.Bool("keep-orphaned-files", false, "")
@@ -169,6 +172,7 @@ func generateCmd(w io.Writer, args []string) (code int) {
 		Proxy:                           *proxyFlag,
 		ProxyPort:                       *proxyPortFlag,
 		ProxyBind:                       *proxyBindFlag,
+		NotifyProxy:                     *notifyProxyFlag,
 		WorkerCount:                     *workerCountFlag,
 		GenerateSourceMapVisualisations: *sourceMapVisualisationsFlag,
 		IncludeVersion:                  *includeVersionFlag,