--- coreutils-8.10/m4/jm-macros.m4	2011-10-12 09:57:39.122777938 +0300
+++ coreutils-8.10/m4/jm-macros.m4	2011-10-12 10:33:51.986782716 +0300
@@ -67,9 +67,16 @@
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([nl_langinfo])
 
   # Used by tail.c.
-  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([inotify_init],
-    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_INOTIFY], [1],
-     [Define to 1 if you have usable inotify support.])])
+  AC_RUN_IFELSE(
+    AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <sys/inotify.h>]],
+                    [[return (-1 == inotify_init());]]
+    ),
+    [
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+      AC_DEFINE([HAVE_INOTIFY], [1],
+       [Define to 1 if you have usable inotify support.])
+    ], [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])]
+  )
 
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE( \
     endgrent \