diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 55d4e47..8910f67 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ endif
 		$(DOCS_IMAGE) \
 		/pulp-docs/ci/scripts/build_docs_ci.sh $(COMPONENT)
 
+.PHONY: serve
+serve:
+	uv run --isolated pulp-docs serve \
+		--draft \
+		--path pulp-docs@..
+
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
diff --git a/src/pulp_docs/cli.py b/src/pulp_docs/cli.py
index f6994f8..227b642 100644
--- a/src/pulp_docs/cli.py
+++ b/src/pulp_docs/cli.py
@@ -226,4 +226,8 @@ def get_default_mkdocs() -> Path | None:
     config_file_opt.envvar = "PULPDOCS_DIR"
     config_file_opt.default = get_default_mkdocs()
 
-openapi_option(main.commands.get("serve"))
+# Enable livereload by default
+serve_cmd = main.commands.get("serve")
+livereload_opt = next(filter(lambda opt: opt.name == "livereload", serve_cmd.params))
+livereload_opt.default = True
+openapi_option(serve_cmd)