diff --git a/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js b/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
index 2cae2ba6f6112..2d21f34912ae9 100644
--- a/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
+++ b/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
@@ -1433,6 +1433,13 @@ vAPI.adminStorage = (( ) => {
                 return bin[key];
             }
             return bin;
+        },
+        onChanged: function(callback) {
+            webext.storage.onChanged.addListener((changes, areaName) => {
+                if ( areaName === 'managed' ) {
+                    callback(changes);
+                }
+            });
         }
     };
 })();
diff --git a/platform/chromium/webext.js b/platform/chromium/webext.js
index db7e7d4f9f21a..559b53471e66a 100644
--- a/platform/chromium/webext.js
+++ b/platform/chromium/webext.js
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ if ( chrome.storage.sync instanceof Object ) {
     };
 }
 
+// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/storage/onChanged
+if ( chrome.storage.onChanged instanceof Object ) {
+    webext.storage.onChanged = chrome.storage.onChanged;
+}
+
 // https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=608854
 if ( chrome.tabs.removeCSS instanceof Function ) {
     webext.tabs.removeCSS = promisifyNoFail(chrome.tabs, 'removeCSS');
diff --git a/src/js/start.js b/src/js/start.js
index 63285e5883ec1..6aea7cb718abb 100644
--- a/src/js/start.js
+++ b/src/js/start.js
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ const createDefaultProps = function() {
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 try {
+    // https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1608
+    vAPI.adminStorage.onChanged(( ) => vAPI.app.restart());
+
     // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/531
     await µb.restoreAdminSettings();
     log.info(`Admin settings ready ${Date.now()-vAPI.T0} ms after launch`);