diff --git a/e2e/watch/restart.test.ts b/e2e/watch/restart.test.ts
index 1831e2d9..5f00611d 100644
--- a/e2e/watch/restart.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/watch/restart.test.ts
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ export default defineConfig({});
     expect(cli.stdout).toMatch('Tests 1 passed');
 
     cli.exec.kill();
-  });
+  }, 15_000);
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/plugins/entry.ts b/packages/core/src/core/plugins/entry.ts
index e69a305c..99de64a9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/plugins/entry.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/plugins/entry.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ export const pluginEntryWatch: (params: {
           '**/*.snap',
         );
 
+        config.experiments ??= {};
+        config.experiments.nativeWatcher = true;
+
         const configFilePath = context.projects.find(
           (project) => project.environmentName === environment.name,
         )?.configFilePath;
diff --git a/packages/core/tests/core/__snapshots__/rsbuild.test.ts.snap b/packages/core/tests/core/__snapshots__/rsbuild.test.ts.snap
index 01ba5193..ca1218d6 100644
--- a/packages/core/tests/core/__snapshots__/rsbuild.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/core/tests/core/__snapshots__/rsbuild.test.ts.snap
@@ -1642,6 +1642,7 @@ exports[`prepareRsbuild > should generate rspack config correctly in watch mode
     "asyncWebAssembly": true,
     "inlineConst": false,
     "inlineEnum": false,
+    "nativeWatcher": true,
     "rspackFuture": {
       "bundlerInfo": {
         "force": false,