diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 522469a7eca391e51f5b0648027785dff24d3569..ff0e81980207a75727d9a845cf8e7fcfbfedd7ec 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -270,44 +270,7 @@ config OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
 
 endif # BLOCK
 
-config DNOTIFY
-	bool "Dnotify support"
-	default y
-	help
-	  Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
-	  that uses signals to communicate events to user-space.  There exist
-	  superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
-	  dnotify.
-
-	  If unsure, say Y.
-
-config INOTIFY
-	bool "Inotify file change notification support"
-	default y
-	---help---
-	  Say Y here to enable inotify support.  Inotify is a file change
-	  notification system and a replacement for dnotify.  Inotify fixes
-	  numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
-	  including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
-	  notification.
-
-	  For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
-
-	  If unsure, say Y.
-
-config INOTIFY_USER
-	bool "Inotify support for userspace"
-	depends on INOTIFY
-	default y
-	---help---
-	  Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
-	  associated system calls.  Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
-	  directories via a single open fd.  Events are read from the file
-	  descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
-
-	  For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
-
-	  If unsure, say Y.
+source "fs/notify/Kconfig"
 
 config QUOTA
 	bool "Quota support"
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index d9f8afe6f0c4b806ab7af81f8bcbc286758297cd..e6f423d1d228fc449d7f8559f291ca531d518674 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ obj-y +=	no-block.o
 endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY) += bio-integrity.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY)		+= inotify.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER)	+= inotify_user.o
+obj-y				+= notify/
 obj-$(CONFIG_EPOLL)		+= eventpoll.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ANON_INODES)	+= anon_inodes.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SIGNALFD)		+= signalfd.o
@@ -57,8 +56,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_QFMT_V1)		+= quota_v1.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QFMT_V2)		+= quota_v2.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QUOTACTL)		+= quota.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_DNOTIFY)		+= dnotify.o
-
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS)		+= proc/
 obj-y				+= partitions/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFS)		+= sysfs/
diff --git a/fs/notify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50914d7303c6570c2a9e34b5f403cbc7471f9386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+source "fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig"
+source "fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig"
diff --git a/fs/notify/Makefile b/fs/notify/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a95b6010ce753bdb42e53a5059937da293f4ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+obj-y			+= dnotify/
+obj-y			+= inotify/
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..26adf5dfa6463851c5d40c30aecd0dca23f9b88f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config DNOTIFY
+	bool "Dnotify support"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
+	  that uses signals to communicate events to user-space.  There exist
+	  superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
+	  dnotify.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/Makefile b/fs/notify/dnotify/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f145251dcadbed169ae51e8a5a17c6685fd7bdc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_DNOTIFY)		+= dnotify.o
diff --git a/fs/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
similarity index 100%
rename from fs/dnotify.c
rename to fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..44679284102333b4d081f7f3f7bad44aaa5b4634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+config INOTIFY
+	bool "Inotify file change notification support"
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  Say Y here to enable inotify support.  Inotify is a file change
+	  notification system and a replacement for dnotify.  Inotify fixes
+	  numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
+	  including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
+	  notification.
+
+	  For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
+config INOTIFY_USER
+	bool "Inotify support for userspace"
+	depends on INOTIFY
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
+	  associated system calls.  Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
+	  directories via a single open fd.  Events are read from the file
+	  descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
+
+	  For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/Makefile b/fs/notify/inotify/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e290f3bb9d8d9abd041d7066c67e5c234c63f210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY)		+= inotify.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER)	+= inotify_user.o
diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
similarity index 100%
rename from fs/inotify.c
rename to fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
diff --git a/fs/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
similarity index 100%
rename from fs/inotify_user.c
rename to fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c