diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c
index bf7ce1d..2fecb7a 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/inotify.c
@@ -364,11 +364,12 @@
 /*
  * find_inode - resolve a user-given path to a specific inode and return a nd
  */
-static int find_inode(const char __user *dirname, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int find_inode(const char __user *dirname, struct nameidata *nd,
+		      unsigned flags)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	error = __user_walk(dirname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, nd);
+	error = __user_walk(dirname, flags, nd);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	/* you can only watch an inode if you have read permissions on it */
@@ -933,6 +934,7 @@
 	struct file *filp;
 	int ret, fput_needed;
 	int mask_add = 0;
+	unsigned flags = 0;
 
 	filp = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed);
 	if (unlikely(!filp))
@@ -944,7 +946,12 @@
 		goto fput_and_out;
 	}
 
-	ret = find_inode(path, &nd);
+	if (!(mask & IN_DONT_FOLLOW))
+		flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+	if (mask & IN_ONLYDIR)
+		flags |= LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
+
+	ret = find_inode(path, &nd, flags);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		goto fput_and_out;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/inotify.h b/include/linux/inotify.h
index ee5b239..267c88b 100644
--- a/include/linux/inotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/inotify.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 #define IN_MOVE			(IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO) /* moves */
 
 /* special flags */
+#define IN_ONLYDIR		0x01000000	/* only watch the path if it is a directory */
+#define IN_DONT_FOLLOW		0x02000000	/* don't follow a sym link */
 #define IN_MASK_ADD		0x20000000	/* add to the mask of an already existing watch */
 #define IN_ISDIR		0x40000000	/* event occurred against dir */
 #define IN_ONESHOT		0x80000000	/* only send event once */