diff --git a/native/fsNotifier/linux/fsnotifier b/native/fsNotifier/linux/fsnotifier
index 3d84ba68c1c2..9290ab239af5 100755
Binary files a/native/fsNotifier/linux/fsnotifier and b/native/fsNotifier/linux/fsnotifier differ
diff --git a/native/fsNotifier/linux/fsnotifier64 b/native/fsNotifier/linux/fsnotifier64
index 1c959e2ddfb8..3a573dd7a183 100755
Binary files a/native/fsNotifier/linux/fsnotifier64 and b/native/fsNotifier/linux/fsnotifier64 differ
diff --git a/native/fsNotifier/linux/inotify.c b/native/fsNotifier/linux/inotify.c
index b3306e5c64ed..411a6def1733 100644
--- a/native/fsNotifier/linux/inotify.c
+++ b/native/fsNotifier/linux/inotify.c
@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@ static int walk_tree(const char* path, watch_node* parent, array* ignores) {
 
 
 int watch(const char* root, array* ignores) {
-  return walk_tree(root, NULL, ignores);
+  char buf[PATH_MAX];
+  const char* normalized = realpath(root, buf);
+  return walk_tree((normalized != NULL ? normalized : root), NULL, ignores);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/native/fsNotifier/linux/make.sh b/native/fsNotifier/linux/make.sh
index e2741da2778d..f2ec112fc406 100755
--- a/native/fsNotifier/linux/make.sh
+++ b/native/fsNotifier/linux/make.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "compiling 32-bit version"
 gcc -O2 -m32 -Wall -std=c99 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -o fsnotifier main.c inotify.c util.c
+echo "compiling 64-bit version"
 gcc -O2 -m64 -Wall -std=c99 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -o fsnotifier64 main.c inotify.c util.c