Index: src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
--- src/gui/CMakeLists.txt.orig
+++ src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,9 +157,14 @@ elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         target_link_libraries(owncloudCore PUBLIC Qt5::DBus)
         target_compile_definitions(owncloudCore PUBLIC "USE_FDO_NOTIFICATIONS")
     endif()
-    target_sources(owncloudCore PRIVATE
-            folderwatcher_linux.cpp
-            guiutility_unix.cpp)
+
+    if(Inotify_FOUND)
+        target_sources(owncloudCore PRIVATE
+        folderwatcher_linux.cpp
+        guiutility_unix.cpp)
+        target_include_directories(owncloudCore PRIVATE ${Inotify_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        target_link_libraries(owncloudCore PUBLIC ${Inotify_LIBRARIES} )
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_AUTO_UPDATER)
