2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index e58e51561b..6ef53b05ef 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <linux/tiocl.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#include <sys/inotify.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index 8cdb79cd8f..402203e0dd 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/inotify.h>
 
 #include "time-util.h"
 #include "missing.h"
@@ -463,6 +464,11 @@ int execute_command(const char *command, char *const argv[]);
 #define INOTIFY_EVENT_MAX (sizeof(struct inotify_event) + NAME_MAX + 1)
 
 #define FOREACH_INOTIFY_EVENT(e, buffer, sz) \
-        for ((e) = (struct inotify_event*) (buffer);    \
-             (uint8_t*) (e) < (uint8_t*) (buffer) + (sz); \
+        for ((e) = &buffer.ev;                                \
+             (uint8_t*) (e) < (uint8_t*) (buffer.raw) + (sz); \
              (e) = (struct inotify_event*) ((uint8_t*) (e) + sizeof(struct inotify_event) + (e)->len))
+
+union inotify_event_buffer {
+        struct inotify_event ev;
+        uint8_t raw[INOTIFY_EVENT_MAX];
+};