diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/inotify-tools/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/inotify-tools/package.mk
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+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - http://www.libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2016 Team LibreELEC
+#
+#  LibreELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  LibreELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="inotify-tools"
+PKG_VERSION="1df9af4"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPLv2"
+PKG_SITE="http://wiki.github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools/"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/rvoicilas/$PKG_NAME/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="tools"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="inotify-tools"
+PKG_LONGDESC="a C library and a set of command-line programs for Linux providing a simple interface to inotify"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  : nothing to do
+}