diff --git a/inotify.c b/inotify.c
index 8e34347..745436c 100644
--- a/inotify.c
+++ b/inotify.c
@@ -716,9 +716,10 @@ start_inotify()
 				else if ( (event->mask & (IN_CLOSE_WRITE|IN_MOVED_TO|IN_CREATE)) &&
 				          (lstat(path_buf, &st) == 0) )
 				{
-					if( S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) )
+					if( (event->mask & (IN_MOVED_TO|IN_CREATE)) && (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) || st.st_nlink > 1) )
 					{
-						DPRINTF(E_DEBUG, L_INOTIFY, "The symbolic link %s was %s.\n",
+						DPRINTF(E_DEBUG, L_INOTIFY, "The %s link %s was %s.\n",
+							(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) ? "symbolic" : "hard"),
 							path_buf, (event->mask & IN_MOVED_TO ? "moved here" : "created"));
 						if( stat(path_buf, &st) == 0 && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) )
 							inotify_insert_directory(pollfds[0].fd, esc_name, path_buf);