diff --git a/lib/tail-file.js b/lib/tail-file.js
index 17bd523..1356481 100644
--- a/lib/tail-file.js
+++ b/lib/tail-file.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const kFileHandle = Symbol('fileHandle')
 const kPollTimer = Symbol('pollTimer')
 const kQuitting = Symbol('quitting')
 const kInode = Symbol('inode')
+const kPaused = Symbol('paused')
 
 function NOOP() {}
 
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ class TailFile extends Readable {
     this[kPollTimer] = null
     this[kQuitting] = false
     this[kInode] = null
+
+    this[kPaused] = false
   }
 
   async start() {
@@ -112,6 +115,22 @@ class TailFile extends Readable {
     return
   }
 
+  unwatch() {
+    if (this[kQuitting] || this[kPaused]) return
+
+    clearTimeout(this[kPollTimer])
+    this[kPaused] = true
+  }
+
+  async rewatch() {
+    if (!this[kPaused]) return
+
+    this[kStartPos] = null
+    this[kPaused] = false
+
+    await this._pollFileForChanges()
+  }
+
   async _openFile() {
     this[kFileHandle] = await fs.promises.open(this[kFileName], 'r')
     return
@@ -158,6 +177,7 @@ class TailFile extends Readable {
     this[kStream] = null
     setImmediate(this.emit.bind(this), 'flush', {
       lastReadPosition: this[kStartPos]
+    , firstPoll: false
     })
     return
   }
@@ -169,12 +189,14 @@ class TailFile extends Readable {
       this[kPollFailureCount] = 0 // reset
       const eof = stats.size
       let fileHasChanged = false
+      let firstPoll = false
 
       if (!this[kInode]) this[kInode] = stats.ino
 
       if (this[kStartPos] === null) {
         // First iteration - nothing has been polled yet
         this[kStartPos] = eof
+        firstPoll = true
       } else if (this[kInode] !== stats.ino) {
         // File renamed/rolled between polls without triggering `ENOENT`.
         // Conditional since this *may* have already been done if `ENOENT` threw earlier.
@@ -219,6 +241,7 @@ class TailFile extends Readable {
       } else {
         setImmediate(this.emit.bind(this), 'flush', {
           lastReadPosition: this[kStartPos]
+        , firstPoll
         })
       }
 
diff --git a/test/tail-file.js b/test/tail-file.js
index 7978f65..b56a7ab 100644
--- a/test/tail-file.js
+++ b/test/tail-file.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ test('Exports structure', async (t) => {
   t.same(methods, [
     'constructor'
   , 'start'
+  , 'unwatch'
+  , 'rewatch'
   , '_openFile'
   , '_readRemainderFromFileHandle'
   , '_readChunks'
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ test('Exports structure', async (t) => {
   , 'quit'
   ], 'Methods names as expected')
 
-  t.equal(methods.length, 10, 'TailFile.prototype prop count')
+  t.equal(methods.length, 12, 'TailFile.prototype prop count')
 })
 
 test('TailFile instantiation', async (t) => {
@@ -753,3 +755,74 @@ test('Invalid options checks', async (t) => {
   , meta: {got: 1.23456}
   }, 'startPos must be > 0')
 })
+
+test('Test unwatching and rewatching a file', async (t) => {
+  const name = 'logfile.txt'
+  const testDir = t.testdir({
+    [name]: ''
+  })
+  const filename = path.join(testDir, name)
+  const tail = new TailFile(filename, {
+    encoding: 'utf8'
+  , pollFileIntervalMs: 100
+  })
+
+  t.teardown(() => {
+    tail.quit().catch(fail)
+  })
+
+  const testString = 'Here is a line\n'
+
+  await tail.start()
+  await fs.promises.appendFile(filename, testString)
+
+  tail.unwatch()
+
+  // call again to satisfy tests
+  tail.unwatch()
+
+  let data_received = false
+
+  const ac = new AbortController()
+
+  once(tail, 'data', {signal: ac.signal}).then(() => {
+    data_received = true
+  }, () => {})
+
+  await fs.promises.appendFile(filename, testString)
+  await fs.promises.appendFile(filename, testString)
+
+  await sleep(300)
+
+  ac.abort()
+
+  t.equal(data_received, false, 'Did not receive data when not watching')
+
+  // do NOT await rewatch, or 'flush' event will already have been sent
+  tail.rewatch()
+
+  // should do nothing
+  tail.rewatch()
+
+  const [flush] = await once(tail, 'flush')
+
+  await fs.promises.appendFile(filename, testString)
+  const [line] = await once(tail, 'data')
+  const [flush2] = await once(tail, 'flush')
+
+  t.equal(flush.firstPoll, true, 'After rewatch, flush event with firstPoll true')
+  t.equal(flush2.firstPoll, false, 'New data polled, where firstPoll should be false')
+  t.equal(line, testString, 'New line was received')
+
+  t.equal(
+    flush.lastReadPosition
+  , testString.length * 3
+  , 'Did emit three lines, lastReadPosition equals length of those lines.'
+  )
+
+  t.equal(
+    flush2.lastReadPosition
+  , testString.length * 4
+  , 'lastReadPosition correctly relects last added test line.'
+  )
+})