diff --git a/ui/app/adapters/allocation.js b/ui/app/adapters/allocation.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8aa4b662f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/adapters/allocation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import Watchable from './watchable';
+
+export default Watchable.extend();
diff --git a/ui/app/routes/allocations/allocation.js b/ui/app/routes/allocations/allocation.js
index 17aa8b10c..4d2cbe66c 100644
--- a/ui/app/routes/allocations/allocation.js
+++ b/ui/app/routes/allocations/allocation.js
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
 import WithModelErrorHandling from 'nomad-ui/mixins/with-model-error-handling';
+import { watchRecord } from 'nomad-ui/utils/properties/watch';
 
-export default Route.extend(WithModelErrorHandling);
+export default Route.extend(WithModelErrorHandling, {
+  setupController(controller, model) {
+    controller.set('watcher', this.get('watch').perform(model));
+    return this._super(...arguments);
+  },
+
+  deactivate() {
+    this.get('watch').cancelAll();
+    return this._super(...arguments);
+  },
+
+  watch: watchRecord('allocation'),
+});