diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3b4f0e200ae9cec60ed702c8cda0ac5c7e62f53d..fa8510643843924690227cdc5832c68e833ea2b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.4)
 AC_PYTHON_MODULE(OpenSSL, t)
 AC_PYTHON_MODULE(simplejson, t)
 AC_PYTHON_MODULE(pyparsing, t)
+AC_PYTHON_MODULE(pyinotify, t)
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([ Makefile ])
 
diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst
index bfbeee7c77f3c3d3c2550c6bea807c34b64cb7f0..304922b9948ffd596f286a406f1df9f5cececdaf 100644
--- a/doc/install.rst
+++ b/doc/install.rst
@@ -281,11 +281,12 @@ nodes):
 
 - Python OpenSSL bindings, `<http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net/>`_
 
-
 - simplejson Python module, `<http://www.undefined.org/python/#simplejson>`_
 
 - pyparsing Python module, `<http://pyparsing.wikispaces.com/>`_
 
+- pyinotify Python module, `<http://trac.dbzteam.org/pyinotify>`_
+
 These programs are supplied as part of most Linux distributions, so
 usually they can be installed via apt or similar methods. Also many of
 them will already be installed on a standard machine.
@@ -296,7 +297,8 @@ them will already be installed on a standard machine.
    You can use this command line to install all needed packages::
 
      # apt-get install lvm2 ssh bridge-utils iproute iputils-arping \
-     python python-pyopenssl openssl python-pyparsing python-simplejson
+     python python-pyopenssl openssl python-pyparsing python-simplejson \
+     python-pyinotify
 
 Setting up the environment for Ganeti
 -------------------------------------