diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index 1454f85b..4743865d 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ exports.FSEVENT_DELETED = 'deleted';
 exports.FSEVENT_MOVED = 'moved';
 exports.FSEVENT_CLONED = 'cloned';
 exports.FSEVENT_UNKNOWN = 'unknown';
+exports.FSEVENT_FLAG_MUST_SCAN_SUBDIRS = 1;
 exports.FSEVENT_TYPE_FILE = 'file';
 exports.FSEVENT_TYPE_DIRECTORY = 'directory';
 exports.FSEVENT_TYPE_SYMLINK = 'symlink';
diff --git a/lib/fsevents-handler.js b/lib/fsevents-handler.js
index 0f7f2cba..fe29393c 100644
--- a/lib/fsevents-handler.js
+++ b/lib/fsevents-handler.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const {
   FSEVENT_MOVED,
   // FSEVENT_CLONED,
   FSEVENT_UNKNOWN,
+  FSEVENT_FLAG_MUST_SCAN_SUBDIRS,
   FSEVENT_TYPE_FILE,
   FSEVENT_TYPE_DIRECTORY,
   FSEVENT_TYPE_SYMLINK,
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ function setFSEventsListener(path, realPath, listener, rawEmitter) {
       rawEmitter,
       watcher: createFSEventsInstance(watchPath, (fullPath, flags) => {
         if (!cont.listeners.size) return;
+        if (flags & FSEVENT_FLAG_MUST_SCAN_SUBDIRS) return;
         const info = fsevents.getInfo(fullPath, flags);
         cont.listeners.forEach(list => {
           list(fullPath, flags, info);