diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5fc60eb..15841b6 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -27,14 +27,23 @@ function useDimensions({
     }, []);
 
     useLayoutEffect(() => {
-        if (node) {
-            const measure = () =>
-                window.requestAnimationFrame(() =>
-                    setDimensions(getDimensionObject(node))
-                );
-            measure();
-
-            if (liveMeasure) {
+        if (!node) {
+            return
+        }
+
+        const measure = () =>
+            window.requestAnimationFrame(() =>
+                setDimensions(getDimensionObject(node))
+            );
+        measure();
+
+        if (liveMeasure) {
+            if ('ResizeObserver' in window) {
+                const resizeObserver = new ResizeObserver(measure)
+                resizeObserver.observe(node)
+
+                return resizeObserver.disconnect
+            } else {
                 window.addEventListener("resize", measure);
                 window.addEventListener("scroll", measure);
 
diff --git a/src/types.d.ts b/src/types.d.ts
index abae2cf..98b32e0 100644
--- a/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/types.d.ts
@@ -18,3 +18,50 @@ export type UseDimensionsHook = [
 export interface UseDimensionsArgs {
     liveMeasure?: boolean;
 }
+
+export interface IResizeObserver {
+    /**
+     * Adds target to the list of observed elements.
+     */
+    observe: (target: Element) => void
+
+    /**
+     * Removes target from the list of observed elements.
+     */
+    unobserve: (target: Element) => void
+
+    /**
+     * Clears both the observationTargets and activeTargets lists.
+     */
+    disconnect: () => void
+    new (callback: ResizeObserverCallback): this
+}
+
+/**
+ * This callback delivers ResizeObserver's notifications. It is invoked by a
+ * broadcast active observations algorithm.
+ */
+type ResizeObserverCallback = (
+    entries: readonly IResizeObserverEntry[],
+    observer: IResizeObserver
+) => void
+
+interface IResizeObserverEntry {
+    /**
+     * The Element whose size has changed.
+     */
+    readonly target: Element
+
+    /**
+     * Element's content rect when ResizeObserverCallback is invoked.
+     */
+    readonly contentRect: DOMRectReadOnly
+    /**
+     * @param target The Element whose size has changed.
+     */
+    new (target: Element): this
+}
+
+declare global {
+    const ResizeObserver: IResizeObserver
+}