diff --git a/src/lib/useOnVisibilityChange.ts b/src/lib/useOnVisibilityChange.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a09febc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/useOnVisibilityChange.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { DependencyList, useEffect } from "react";
+import { isBrowser } from "browser-or-node";
+
+type Callback = (isVisible: boolean) => void;
+
+export const useOnVisibilityChange = (
+  cb: Callback,
+  deps: DependencyList,
+): void => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isBrowser) {
+      document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", () => cb(!document.hidden));
+      return () => {
+        document.removeEventListener("visibilitychange", () =>
+          cb(!document.hidden),
+        );
+      };
+    }
+  }, deps);
+};
diff --git a/src/resource/types.ts b/src/resource/types.ts
index 8bd6015..96042ce 100644
--- a/src/resource/types.ts
+++ b/src/resource/types.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export type UseWatchResourceOptions = {
   useSuspense?: boolean;
   autoRefresh?: DurationLikeObject;
   refreshOnWindowFocus?: boolean;
+  refreshOnDocumentVisibilityChange?: boolean;
 } & GetAsyncResourceOptions;
 
 export type NoSuspenseReturnType<T> = Readonly<
diff --git a/src/resource/useWatchResourceValue.test.tsx b/src/resource/useWatchResourceValue.test.tsx
index 9d942cd..e9f34cc 100644
--- a/src/resource/useWatchResourceValue.test.tsx
+++ b/src/resource/useWatchResourceValue.test.tsx
@@ -119,6 +119,35 @@ test("focus event does not trigger resource refresh, if 'refreshOnWindowFocus' i
   expectValue("Foo");
 });
 
+test("visibilitychange event triggers resource refresh, if 'refreshOnDocumentVisibilityChange' is enabled", async () => {
+  options.refreshOnDocumentVisibilityChange = true;
+  render(<TestView />);
+  await waitToBeLoaded();
+  expectValue("Foo");
+
+  getName.mockReturnValue("Bar");
+  act(() => {
+    document.dispatchEvent(new Event("visibilitychange"));
+  });
+
+  await waitToBeLoaded();
+  expectValue("Bar");
+});
+
+test("visibilitychange event does not trigger resource refresh, if 'refreshOnVisibilityChange' is not enabled", async () => {
+  render(<TestView />);
+  await waitToBeLoaded();
+  expectValue("Foo");
+
+  getName.mockReturnValue("Bar");
+  act(() => {
+    document.dispatchEvent(new Event("visibilitychange"));
+  });
+
+  await waitToBeLoaded();
+  expectValue("Foo");
+});
+
 describe("with disabled suspense", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     options.useSuspense = false;
diff --git a/src/resource/useWatchResourceValue.ts b/src/resource/useWatchResourceValue.ts
index a4487f1..57bb5cc 100644
--- a/src/resource/useWatchResourceValue.ts
+++ b/src/resource/useWatchResourceValue.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useWatchObservableValue } from "../observable-value/useWatchObservableV
 import { UseWatchResourceOptions, UseWatchResourceResult } from "./types.js";
 import { hash } from "object-code";
 import { useOnWindowFocused } from "../lib/useOnWindowFocused.js";
+import { useOnVisibilityChange } from "../lib/useOnVisibilityChange.js";
 
 export const useWatchResourceValue = <
   T,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export const useWatchResourceValue = <
     keepValueWhileLoading = true,
     useSuspense = true,
     refreshOnWindowFocus = false,
+    refreshOnDocumentVisibilityChange = refreshOnWindowFocus,
     autoRefresh,
   } = options;
 
@@ -37,6 +39,15 @@ export const useWatchResourceValue = <
     }
   }, [resource, refreshOnWindowFocus]);
 
+  useOnVisibilityChange(
+    (isVisible) => {
+      if (refreshOnDocumentVisibilityChange && isVisible) {
+        resource.refresh();
+      }
+    },
+    [resource, refreshOnDocumentVisibilityChange],
+  );
+
   setTimeout(() => {
     void resource.load();
   }, 0);