diff --git a/packages/language-server/package.json b/packages/language-server/package.json
index 2963ffe11..756faa539 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/language-server/package.json
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@types/estree": "^0.0.42",
+        "@types/globrex": "^0.1.4",
         "@types/lodash": "^4.14.116",
         "@types/mocha": "^9.1.0",
         "@types/node": "^18.0.0",
         "@types/sinon": "^7.5.2",
         "cross-env": "^7.0.2",
+        "globrex": "^0.1.2",
         "mocha": "^9.2.0",
         "sinon": "^11.0.0",
         "ts-node": "^10.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/CSSPlugin.ts b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/CSSPlugin.ts
index 1147bef81..d5a38d427 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/CSSPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/CSSPlugin.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import { StyleAttributeDocument } from './StyleAttributeDocument';
 import { getDocumentContext } from '../documentContext';
 import { FoldingRange, FoldingRangeKind } from 'vscode-languageserver-types';
 import { indentBasedFoldingRangeForTag } from '../../lib/foldingRange/indentFolding';
+import { isNotNullOrUndefined, urlToPath } from '../../utils';
 
 export class CSSPlugin
     implements
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export class CSSPlugin
     private cssLanguageServices: CSSLanguageServices;
     private workspaceFolders: WorkspaceFolder[];
     private triggerCharacters = ['.', ':', '-', '/'];
-    private globalVars = new GlobalVars();
+    private globalVars: GlobalVars;
 
     constructor(
         docManager: DocumentManager,
@@ -80,6 +81,10 @@ export class CSSPlugin
         this.workspaceFolders = workspaceFolders;
         this.configManager = configManager;
         this.updateConfigs();
+        const workspacePaths = workspaceFolders
+            .map((folder) => urlToPath(folder.uri))
+            .filter(isNotNullOrUndefined);
+        this.globalVars = new GlobalVars(workspacePaths);
 
         this.globalVars.watchFiles(this.configManager.get('css.globals'));
         this.configManager.onChange((config) => {
diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/global-vars.ts b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/global-vars.ts
index 2495b13d2..06c8a571a 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/global-vars.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/global-vars.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import { watch, FSWatcher } from 'chokidar';
+import { FSWatcher, watch } from 'chokidar';
 import { readFile } from 'fs';
-import { isNotNullOrUndefined, flatten } from '../../utils';
+import globrex from 'globrex';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { flatten, isNotNullOrUndefined, normalizePath } from '../../utils';
 
 const varRegex = /^\s*(--\w+.*?):\s*?([^;]*)/;
 
@@ -12,19 +14,46 @@ export interface GlobalVar {
 
 export class GlobalVars {
     private fsWatcher?: FSWatcher;
+    private watchedFiles: string | undefined;
     private globalVars = new Map<string, GlobalVar[]>();
+    private readonly workspaceRoot: string[];
+
+    constructor(workspaceRoot: string[]) {
+        this.workspaceRoot = workspaceRoot;
+    }
 
     watchFiles(filesToWatch: string): void {
-        if (!filesToWatch) {
+        if (!filesToWatch || this.watchedFiles === filesToWatch) {
             return;
         }
 
+        this.watchedFiles = filesToWatch;
         if (this.fsWatcher) {
             this.fsWatcher.close();
             this.globalVars.clear();
         }
 
-        this.fsWatcher = watch(filesToWatch.split(','))
+        const paths = new Set<string>();
+        const includePatterns = new Set<string>();
+
+        for (const root of this.workspaceRoot) {
+            for (const filePath of filesToWatch.split(',')) {
+                if (!filePath.includes('*')) {
+                    paths.add(filePath);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                const normalizedPath = normalizePath(join(root, filePath));
+                includePatterns.add(normalizedPath);
+                const pathSegments = normalizedPath.split('**');
+                let directory = pathSegments[0] || '.';
+                paths.add(directory);
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.fsWatcher = watch(Array.from(paths), {
+            ignored: this.createIgnoreMatcher(includePatterns)
+        })
             .addListener('add', (file) => this.updateForFile(file))
             .addListener('change', (file) => {
                 this.updateForFile(file);
@@ -32,6 +61,20 @@ export class GlobalVars {
             .addListener('unlink', (file) => this.globalVars.delete(file));
     }
 
+    private createIgnoreMatcher(includePatterns: Set<string>) {
+        if (includePatterns.size === 0) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+
+        const regexList = Array.from(includePatterns).map(
+            (pattern) => globrex(pattern, { globstar: true }).regex
+        );
+
+        return (path: string) => {
+            return !regexList.some((regex) => regex.test(path));
+        };
+    }
+
     private updateForFile(filename: string) {
         // Inside a small timeout because it seems chikidar is "too fast"
         // and reading the file will then return empty content
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index f7d19793f..e234ca0f5 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ importers:
       '@types/estree':
         specifier: ^0.0.42
         version: 0.0.42
+      '@types/globrex':
+        specifier: ^0.1.4
+        version: 0.1.4
       '@types/lodash':
         specifier: ^4.14.116
         version: 4.14.194
@@ -97,6 +100,9 @@ importers:
       cross-env:
         specifier: ^7.0.2
         version: 7.0.3
+      globrex:
+        specifier: ^0.1.2
+        version: 0.1.2
       mocha:
         specifier: ^9.2.0
         version: 9.2.2
@@ -473,6 +479,9 @@ packages:
   '@types/glob@7.2.0':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-ZUxbzKl0IfJILTS6t7ip5fQQM/J3TJYubDm3nMbgubNNYS62eXeUpoLUC8/7fJNiFYHTrGPQn7hspDUzIHX3UA==}
 
+  '@types/globrex@0.1.4':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-qm82zaOxfn8Us/GGjNrQQ1XfCBUDV86DxQgIQq/p1zGHlt0xnbUiabNjN9rZUhMNvvIE2gg8iTW+GMfw0TnnLg==}
+
   '@types/lodash@4.14.194':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-r22s9tAS7imvBt2lyHC9B8AGwWnXaYb1tY09oyLkXDs4vArpYJzw09nj8MLx5VfciBPGIb+ZwG0ssYnEPJxn/g==}
 
@@ -1553,6 +1562,8 @@ snapshots:
       '@types/minimatch': 5.1.2
       '@types/node': 18.19.46
 
+  '@types/globrex@0.1.4': {}
+
   '@types/lodash@4.14.194': {}
 
   '@types/minimatch@5.1.2': {}