diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 36790a38..17e0df20 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ filetime = "^0.2.1"
 walkdir = "^2.0.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os="linux")'.dependencies]
-inotify = "^0.6.1"
+inotify = { version = "^0.6.1", default-features = false }
 mio = "^0.6.15"
 mio-extras = "^2.0.5"