diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@
 add_definitions(-DQT_NO_KEYWORDS)
 remove_definitions(-DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII)
 
-set(BUILD_KINOTIFY False)
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
-    set(BUILD_KINOTIFY True)
-endif()
+find_package(Inotify)
+set_package_properties(Inotify PROPERTIES
+    PURPOSE "Filesystem alteration notifications using inotify")
+set(BUILD_KINOTIFY ${Inotify_FOUND})
 
 include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
diff --git a/src/file/CMakeLists.txt b/src/file/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/file/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/file/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+include_directories(${Inotify_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"baloo_file5\")
 
 set(file_static_lib_SRCS
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
     KF5::Crash
     KF5::ConfigCore
     KF5::BalooEngine
+    ${Inotify_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
 set(file_SRCS