diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 55b6e570..4cb53fe7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 require (
 	github.com/eapache/channels v1.1.0
 	github.com/frostbyte73/core v0.0.10
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
 	github.com/gammazero/deque v0.2.1
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.3
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3fd42fa7..cb220639 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ github.com/frostbyte73/core v0.0.10 h1:D4DQXdPb8ICayz0n75rs4UYTXrUSdxzUfeleuNJOR
 github.com/frostbyte73/core v0.0.10/go.mod h1:XsOGqrqe/VEV7+8vJ+3a8qnCIXNbKsoEiu/czs7nrcU=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
 github.com/gammazero/deque v0.2.1 h1:qSdsbG6pgp6nL7A0+K/B7s12mcCY/5l5SIUpMOl+dC0=
 github.com/gammazero/deque v0.2.1/go.mod h1:LFroj8x4cMYCukHJDbxFCkT+r9AndaJnFMuZDV34tuU=
 github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.3 h1:fFKWeig/irsp7XD2zBxvnmA/XaRWp5V3CBsZXJF7G7k=
diff --git a/utils/configobserver.go b/utils/configobserver.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd5856a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/configobserver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"container/list"
+	"os"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+
+	"github.com/livekit/protocol/logger"
+)
+
+type ConfigBuilder[T any] interface {
+	New() (*T, error)
+}
+
+type ConfigDefaulter[T any] interface {
+	InitDefaults(*T)
+}
+
+type ConfigObserver[T any] struct {
+	builder ConfigBuilder[T]
+	watcher *fsnotify.Watcher
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	cbs     list.List
+}
+
+func NewConfigObserver[T any](path string, builder ConfigBuilder[T]) (*ConfigObserver[T], *T, error) {
+	c := &ConfigObserver[T]{
+		builder: builder,
+	}
+
+	config, err := c.load(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	if path != "" {
+		c.watcher, err = fsnotify.NewWatcher()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		if err := c.watcher.Add(path); err != nil {
+			c.watcher.Close()
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		go c.watch()
+	}
+
+	return c, config, nil
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) Close() {
+	if c != nil && c.watcher != nil {
+		c.watcher.Close()
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) Observe(cb func(*T)) func() {
+	if c == nil {
+		return func() {}
+	}
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	e := c.cbs.PushBack(cb)
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return func() {
+		c.mu.Lock()
+		c.cbs.Remove(e)
+		c.mu.Unlock()
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) watch() {
+	for {
+		select {
+		case event, ok := <-c.watcher.Events:
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
+			if event.Has(fsnotify.Remove) {
+				if err := c.watcher.Add(event.Name); err != nil {
+					logger.Errorw("unable to rewatch config file", err, "file", event.Name)
+				}
+			}
+			if event.Has(fsnotify.Write | fsnotify.Remove) {
+				if err := c.reload(event.Name); err != nil {
+					logger.Errorw("unable to update config file", err, "file", event.Name)
+				} else {
+					logger.Infow("config file has been updated", "file", event.Name)
+				}
+			}
+		case err, ok := <-c.watcher.Errors:
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
+			logger.Errorw("config file watcher error", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) reload(path string) error {
+	conf, err := c.load(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	for e := c.cbs.Front(); e != nil; e = e.Next() {
+		go e.Value.(func(*T))(conf)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) load(path string) (*T, error) {
+	conf, err := c.builder.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if path != "" {
+		f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDONLY, 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+
+		if err := yaml.NewDecoder(f).Decode(conf); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if d, ok := c.builder.(ConfigDefaulter[T]); ok {
+		d.InitDefaults(conf)
+	}
+
+	return conf, err
+}