diff --git a/packages/client/src/listeners.js b/packages/client/src/listeners.js
index 5131782ab..2f27421c7 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/listeners.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/listeners.js
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import _ from 'lodash/fp.js'
 import { eventEmitter, hasSome } from './util/futil.js'
 import { encode } from './util/tree.js'
 
+let matchesKeys = (keys, delta) => _.isEmpty(keys) || hasSome(keys, delta)
+
 export let setupListeners = (tree) => {
-  let { on, emit } = eventEmitter()
+  let { on, onAny, emit } = eventEmitter()
   // Assume first arg is node which might have path
   tree.onChange = (node = {}, delta) => emit(encode(node.path), node, delta)
   // Public API
@@ -12,4 +14,14 @@ export let setupListeners = (tree) => {
       // Trigger watcher if keys match or no keys passed
       if (_.isEmpty(keys) || hasSome(keys, delta)) f(node, delta)
     })
+  tree.watchTree = (f, keys, path) =>
+    onAny((eventPath, node, delta) => {
+      // already encoded, so isParent not needed
+      // Use case is, for example, watching a group and all its children
+      //    might be better solved by watchable group flags
+      let matchesPath = _.isEmpty(path) || _.startsWith(path, eventPath)
+      // TODO: should getNode return root for [] or empty paths?
+      let treeNode = path ? tree.getNode(path) : tree.tree
+      if (matchesPath && matchesKeys(keys, delta)) f(treeNode, node, delta)
+    })
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/src/listeners.test.js b/packages/client/src/listeners.test.js
index 3307e23b8..c3c566558 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/listeners.test.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/listeners.test.js
@@ -192,6 +192,51 @@ let AllTests = (ContextureClient) => {
       await tree.mutate(['root', 'results'], { pageSize: 2 })
       expect(resultWatcher).toBeCalledTimes(2)
     })
+    it('watchTree', async () => {
+      let service = jest.fn(mockService({ delay: 10 }))
+      let tree = ContextureClient(
+        { service, debounce: 1 },
+        {
+          key: 'root',
+          join: 'and',
+          children: [
+            {
+              key: 'filter',
+              type: 'facet',
+              field: 'facetfield',
+              values: ['some value'],
+            },
+            { key: 'results', type: 'results' },
+          ],
+        }
+      )
+      let filterDom = ''
+      let resultsDom = ''
+      tree.watchTree((root) => {
+        filterDom = `<div>
+  <h1>Facet<h1>
+  <b>Field: ${root.children[0].field}</b>
+  values: ${_.join(', ', root.children[0].values)}
+</div>`
+        resultsDom = `<table>${_.map(
+          (result) =>
+            `\n<tr>${_.map((val) => `<td>${val}</td>`, _.values(result))}</tr>`,
+          root.children[1].context.results
+        )}
+</table>`
+      })
+      expect(filterDom).toBe('')
+      let action = tree.mutate(['root', 'filter'], { values: ['other Value'] })
+      expect(filterDom).toBe(`<div>
+  <h1>Facet<h1>
+  <b>Field: facetfield</b>
+  values: other Value
+</div>`)
+      await action
+      expect(resultsDom).toBe(`<table>
+<tr><td>some result</td></tr>
+</table>`)
+    })
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/client/src/util/futil.js b/packages/client/src/util/futil.js
index 8f8e06088..705067ccb 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/util/futil.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/util/futil.js
@@ -7,18 +7,24 @@ export let hasSome = (keys, obj) => _.some(F.hasIn(obj), keys)
 
 // Sets up basic event emitter/listener registry with an array of listeners per topic
 //  e.g. listeners: { topic1: [fn1, fn2, ...], topic2: [...], ... }
-export let eventEmitter = (listeners = {}) => ({
-  listeners,
-  emit: (topic, ...args) => _.over(listeners[topic])(...args),
-  on(topic, fn) {
+// Also emit on a special symbol for all topics
+let allTopics = Symbol('allTopics')
+export let eventEmitter = (listeners = {}) => {
+  let emit = (topic, ...args) => {
+    _.over(listeners[topic])(...args)
+    _.over(listeners[allTopics])(topic, ...args)
+  }
+  let on = (topic, fn) => {
     if (!listeners[topic]) listeners[topic] = []
     listeners[topic].push(fn)
     // unlisten
     return () => {
       listeners[topic] = _.without(fn, listeners[topic])
     }
-  },
-})
+  }
+  let onAny = (fn) => on(allTopics, fn)
+  return { listeners, emit, on, onAny }
+}
 
 export let transformTreePostOrder = (next = F.traverse) =>
   _.curry((f, x) => {