diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f0c1bcb7a8b..66d108ebbe0 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-05-22  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+	* autorevert.el (auto-revert-notify-add-watch)
+	(auto-revert-notify-handler): Add `attrib' for the inotify case,
+	it indicates changes in file modification time.
+
 2013-05-22  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
 	* emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el (byte-compile-file-form-autoload):
diff --git a/lisp/autorevert.el b/lisp/autorevert.el
index 02a99ce98e7..a2ce6017b21 100644
--- a/lisp/autorevert.el
+++ b/lisp/autorevert.el
@@ -521,8 +521,9 @@ will use an up-to-date value of `auto-revert-interval'"
 	     (not auto-revert-notify-watch-descriptor))
     (let ((func (if (fboundp 'inotify-add-watch)
 		    'inotify-add-watch 'w32notify-add-watch))
+	  ;; `attrib' is needed for file modification time.
 	  (aspect (if (fboundp 'inotify-add-watch)
-		      '(create modify moved-to) '(size last-write-time)))
+		      '(attrib create modify moved-to) '(size last-write-time)))
 	  (file (if (fboundp 'inotify-add-watch)
 		    (directory-file-name (expand-file-name default-directory))
 		  (buffer-file-name))))
@@ -576,7 +577,8 @@ will use an up-to-date value of `auto-revert-interval'"
 	;; TODO: Filter events which stop watching, like `move' or `removed'.
 	(cl-assert descriptor)
 	(when (featurep 'inotify)
-	  (cl-assert (or (memq 'create action)
+	  (cl-assert (or (memq 'attrib action)
+			 (memq 'create action)
 			 (memq 'modify action)
 			 (memq 'moved-to action))))
 	(when (featurep 'w32notify) (cl-assert (eq 'modified action)))