diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/awx-autoreload b/tools/docker-compose/awx-autoreload
index 593f644d01..5fcbb90026 100755
--- a/tools/docker-compose/awx-autoreload
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/awx-autoreload
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+last_reload=`date +%s`
+
 inotifywait -mrq -e create,delete,attrib,close_write,move --exclude '/awx_devel/awx/ui' $1 | while read directory action file; do
-   if [[ "$file" =~ .*py$ ]]; then
+   this_reload=`date +%s`
+   since_last=$((this_reload-last_reload))
+   if [[ "$file" =~ .*py$ ]] && [[ "$since_last" -gt 1 ]]; then
       echo "File changed: $file"
       echo "Running command: $2"
       eval $2
+      last_reload=`date +%s`
    fi
 done