diff --git a/packages/gradle/project-graph/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/gradle/utils/TaskUtils.kt b/packages/gradle/project-graph/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/gradle/utils/TaskUtils.kt
index ed33b6c33d..c1c1ff0ca7 100644
--- a/packages/gradle/project-graph/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/gradle/utils/TaskUtils.kt
+++ b/packages/gradle/project-graph/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/gradle/utils/TaskUtils.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ fun processTask(
   val target = mutableMapOf<String, Any?>()
   target["cache"] = true // set cache to be always true
 
+  val continuous = isContinuous(task)
+  if (continuous) {
+    target["continuous"] = true
+  }
+
   // process inputs
   val inputs = getInputsForTask(task, projectRoot, workspaceRoot, externalNodes)
   if (!inputs.isNullOrEmpty()) {
@@ -300,3 +305,7 @@ fun replaceRootInPath(p: String, projectRoot: String, workspaceRoot: String): St
   }
   return null
 }
+
+fun isContinuous(task: Task): Boolean {
+  return task.name == "bootRun"
+}