--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2025-11-10 12:58:11 UTC
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,9 +82,15 @@ if(NOT HAS_TIMERFD AND epoll_FOUND)
 check_include_file("sys/timerfd.h" HAS_TIMERFD)
 pkg_check_modules(epoll IMPORTED_TARGET epoll-shim)
 if(NOT HAS_TIMERFD AND epoll_FOUND)
-  target_link_libraries(hyprtoolkit PkgConfig::epoll)
+  target_link_libraries(hyprtoolkit PUBLIC PkgConfig::epoll)
 endif()
 
+check_include_file("sys/inotify.h" HAS_INOTIFY)
+pkg_check_modules(inotify IMPORTED_TARGET libinotify)
+if(NOT HAS_INOTIFY AND inotify_FOUND)
+  target_link_libraries(hyprtoolkit PUBLIC PkgConfig::inotify)
+endif()
+
 if (NOT DISABLE_TESTS)
   enable_testing()
 
@@ -111,7 +117,7 @@ if (NOT DISABLE_TESTS)
   target_compile_options(hyprtoolkit_inline_tests PRIVATE --coverage)
   target_link_options(hyprtoolkit_inline_tests PRIVATE --coverage)
   target_include_directories(hyprtoolkit_inline_tests PUBLIC "./include" PRIVATE "./src" "./src/include" "./protocols" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
-  target_link_libraries(hyprtoolkit_inline_tests PRIVATE GTest::gtest_main OpenGL::EGL OpenGL::OpenGL PkgConfig::deps)
+  target_link_libraries(hyprtoolkit_inline_tests PRIVATE GTest::gtest_main OpenGL::EGL OpenGL::OpenGL PkgConfig::deps PkgConfig::epoll PkgConfig::inotify)
   gtest_discover_tests(hyprtoolkit_inline_tests)
 endif()