diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.ts
index fae518a..2360312 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/change-list/gr-change-list-view/gr-change-list-view.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import {fireTitleChange} from '../../../utils/event-util';
 import {appContext} from '../../../services/app-context';
 import {GerritView} from '../../../services/router/router-model';
+import {RELOAD_DASHBOARD_INTERVAL_MS} from '../../../constants/constants';
 
 const LOOKUP_QUERY_PATTERNS: RegExp[] = [
   /^\s*i?[0-9a-f]{7,40}\s*$/i, // CHANGE_ID
@@ -112,16 +113,25 @@
 
   private reporting = appContext.reportingService;
 
+  private lastVisibleTimestampMs = 0;
+
   constructor() {
     super();
     this.addEventListener('next-page', () => this._handleNextPage());
     this.addEventListener('previous-page', () => this._handlePreviousPage());
-    this.addEventListener('reload', () => {
-      this._loading = true;
-      this._getChanges().then(changes => {
-        this._changes = changes || [];
-        this._loading = false;
-      });
+    this.addEventListener('reload', () => this.reload());
+    // We are not currently verifying if the view is actually visible. We rely
+    // on gr-app-element to restamp the component if view changes
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
+      if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') {
+        if (
+          Date.now() - this.lastVisibleTimestampMs >
+          RELOAD_DASHBOARD_INTERVAL_MS
+        )
+          this.reload();
+      } else {
+        this.lastVisibleTimestampMs = Date.now();
+      }
     });
   }
 
@@ -130,6 +140,15 @@
     this._loadPreferences();
   }
 
+  reload() {
+    if (this._loading) return;
+    this._loading = true;
+    this._getChanges().then(changes => {
+      this._changes = changes || [];
+      this._loading = false;
+    });
+  }
+
   _paramsChanged(value: AppElementParams) {
     if (value.view !== GerritView.SEARCH) return;