diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index f8f8add95a..985c541a15 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -635,6 +635,10 @@ void WebContents::DidUpdateFaviconURL(
   Emit("page-favicon-updated", unique_urls);
 }
 
+void WebContents::DevToolsReloadPage() {
+  Emit("devtools-reload-page");
+}
+
 void WebContents::DevToolsFocused() {
   Emit("devtools-focused");
 }
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.h b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.h
index ee5a25b266..0cb2a348e1 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.h
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.h
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ class WebContents : public mate::TrackableObject<WebContents>,
   void MediaStoppedPlaying(const MediaPlayerId& id) override;
   void DidChangeThemeColor(SkColor theme_color) override;
 
+  // brightray::InspectableWebContentsDelegate:
+  void DevToolsReloadPage() override;
+
   // brightray::InspectableWebContentsViewDelegate:
   void DevToolsFocused() override;
   void DevToolsOpened() override;
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
index 2ec7c14bae..bc32161e77 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ let wrapWebContents = function (webContents) {
     })
   })
 
+  // The devtools requests the webContents to reload.
+  webContents.on('devtools-reload-page', function () {
+    webContents.reload()
+  })
+
   // Delays the page-title-updated event to next tick.
   webContents.on('-page-title-updated', function (...args) {
     setImmediate(() => {
@@ -168,6 +173,7 @@ let wrapWebContents = function (webContents) {
   deprecate.event(webContents, 'page-title-set', 'page-title-updated', function (...args) {
     return this.emit.apply(this, ['page-title-set'].concat(args))
   })
+
   webContents.printToPDF = function (options, callback) {
     var printingSetting
     printingSetting = {
diff --git a/vendor/brightray b/vendor/brightray
index f7fa7efc28..cedb113166 160000
--- a/vendor/brightray
+++ b/vendor/brightray
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f7fa7efc28798bddd302ef5849a74c8bef164347
+Subproject commit cedb11316627ac0e01a5dcd38e75bd1c5a6afa17