diff -Nurp a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/inotify.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/inotify.h
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/inotify.h	2018-11-14 04:07:32.000000000 +0100
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/inotify.h	2020-03-30 19:02:02.584167022 +0200
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ struct inotify_event
 			  | IN_MOVED_TO | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE		      \
 			  | IN_DELETE_SELF | IN_MOVE_SELF)
 
+#if __has_include(<linux/inotify_avm.h>)
+# include <linux/inotify_avm.h>
+#else
+# define IN_RECURSIVE    0x10000000      /* use recursive events */
+#endif
+
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS