--- a/src/couchdb/couch_db_updater.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_db_updater.erl
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ update_docs_int(Db, DocsList, NonRepDocs, MergeConflicts, FullCommit) ->
     false ->
         Db4 = Db3;
     true ->
+        couch_db_update_notifier:notify({refresh_indexes, Db3#db.name}),
         Db4 = refresh_validate_doc_funs(Db3)
     end,