diff --git a/src/dnsmasq.c b/src/dnsmasq.c

index e1d3bbd..99e5437 100644

--- a/src/dnsmasq.c

+++ b/src/dnsmasq.c

@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)

     }

 #ifdef HAVE_INOTIFY

-  if (daemon->port != 0 || daemon->dhcp || daemon->doing_dhcp6)

+  if ((daemon->port != 0 || daemon->dhcp || daemon->doing_dhcp6)

+      && (!option_bool(OPT_NO_RESOLV) || daemon->dynamic_dirs))

     inotify_dnsmasq_init();

   else

     daemon->inotifyfd = -1;