diff --git a/settings/sorbet.vim b/settings/sorbet.vim
index 64f19321..5fd0f1c0 100644
--- a/settings/sorbet.vim
+++ b/settings/sorbet.vim
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
+function! Vim_lsp_get_watchman_flag()
+  if executable('watchman')
+    return ''
+  endif
+
+  " cf. https://sorbet.org/docs/vscode#installing-and-enabling-the-sorbet-extension
+  echo "To watch file changes, watchman is required for sorbet-lsp"
+  return '--disable-watchman'
+endfunction
+
 augroup vim_lsp_settings_sorbet
   au!
   LspRegisterServer {
       \ 'name': 'sorbet',
-      \ 'cmd': {server_info->lsp_settings#get('sorbet', 'cmd', [lsp_settings#exec_path('sorbet'), lsp#utils#uri_to_path(lsp_settings#root_uri('sorbet')), '--lsp'])+lsp_settings#get('sorbet', 'args', [])},
+      \ 'cmd': {server_info->lsp_settings#get('sorbet', 'cmd', [lsp_settings#exec_path('sorbet'), lsp#utils#uri_to_path(lsp_settings#root_uri('sorbet')), '--lsp', Vim_lsp_get_watchman_flag()])+lsp_settings#get('sorbet', 'args', [])},
       \ 'root_uri':{server_info->lsp_settings#get('sorbet', 'root_uri', lsp_settings#root_uri('sorbet'))},
       \ 'initialization_options': lsp_settings#get('sorbet', 'initialization_options', v:null),
       \ 'allowlist': lsp_settings#get('sorbet', 'allowlist', ['ruby']),