diff --git a/src/unix/notbsd/linux/mod.rs b/src/unix/notbsd/linux/mod.rs
index 8669a06c..fac779af 100644
--- a/src/unix/notbsd/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/notbsd/linux/mod.rs
@@ -655,6 +655,13 @@ s! {
         pub updated: ::c_ulong,
         pub ha: [::c_uchar; ::MAX_ADDR_LEN],
     }
+
+    pub struct inotify_event {
+        pub wd: ::c_int,
+        pub mask: ::uint32_t,
+        pub cookie: ::uint32_t,
+        pub len: ::uint32_t
+    }
 }
 
 pub const ABDAY_1: ::nl_item = 0x20000;
@@ -1677,6 +1684,46 @@ pub const ARPD_LOOKUP: ::c_ushort = 0x02;
 pub const ARPD_FLUSH: ::c_ushort = 0x03;
 pub const ATF_MAGIC: ::c_int = 0x80;
 
+// uapi/linux/inotify.h
+pub const IN_ACCESS:        ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0001;
+pub const IN_MODIFY:        ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0002;
+pub const IN_ATTRIB:        ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0004;
+pub const IN_CLOSE_WRITE:   ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0008;
+pub const IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE: ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0010;
+pub const IN_OPEN:          ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0020;
+pub const IN_MOVED_FROM:    ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0040;
+pub const IN_MOVED_TO:      ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0080;
+pub const IN_CREATE:        ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0100;
+pub const IN_DELETE:        ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0200;
+pub const IN_DELETE_SELF:   ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0400;
+pub const IN_MOVE_SELF:     ::uint32_t = 0x0000_0800;
+
+pub const IN_UNMOUNT:       ::uint32_t = 0x0000_2000;
+pub const IN_Q_OVERFLOW:    ::uint32_t = 0x0000_4000;
+pub const IN_IGNORED:       ::uint32_t = 0x0000_8000;
+
+pub const IN_CLOSE:         ::uint32_t = (IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE);
+pub const IN_MOVE:          ::uint32_t = (IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO);
+
+pub const IN_ONLYDIR:       ::uint32_t = 0x0100_0000;
+pub const IN_DONT_FOLLOW:   ::uint32_t = 0x0200_0000;
+pub const IN_EXCL_UNLINK:   ::uint32_t = 0x0400_0000;
+
+pub const IN_MASK_CREATE:   ::uint32_t = 0x1000_0000;
+pub const IN_MASK_ADD:      ::uint32_t = 0x2000_0000;
+pub const IN_ISDIR:         ::uint32_t = 0x4000_0000;
+pub const IN_ONESHOT:       ::uint32_t = 0x8000_0000;
+
+pub const IN_ALL_EVENTS:    ::uint32_t = (
+  IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY | IN_ATTRIB | IN_CLOSE_WRITE |
+  IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE | IN_OPEN | IN_MOVED_FROM |
+  IN_MOVED_TO | IN_DELETE | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE_SELF |
+  IN_MOVE_SELF
+);
+
+pub const IN_CLOEXEC: ::c_int = O_CLOEXEC;
+pub const IN_NONBLOCK: ::c_int = O_NONBLOCK;
+
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "sparc64"))]
 pub const SO_TIMESTAMPING: ::c_int = 37;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "sparc64")]
@@ -2259,6 +2306,12 @@ extern {
         nobj: ::size_t,
         stream: *mut ::FILE
     ) -> ::size_t;
+    pub fn inotify_init() -> ::c_int;
+    pub fn inotify_init1(flags: ::c_int) -> ::c_int;
+    pub fn inotify_add_watch(fd: ::c_int,
+                             path: *const ::c_char,
+                             mask: ::uint32_t) -> ::c_int;
+    pub fn inotify_rm_watch(fd: ::c_int, wd: ::c_int) -> ::c_int;
 }
 
 cfg_if! {