diff --git a/lib/Filesys/Notify/Simple.pm b/lib/Filesys/Notify/Simple.pm
index a7e4b4f..87467aa 100644
--- a/lib/Filesys/Notify/Simple.pm
+++ b/lib/Filesys/Notify/Simple.pm
@@ -156,18 +156,23 @@ sub _full_scan {
     my %map;
     for my $path (@paths) {
         my $fp = eval { Cwd::realpath($path) } or next;
-        File::Find::finddepth({
-            wanted => sub {
-                my $fullname = $File::Find::fullname || File::Spec->rel2abs($File::Find::name);
-                $map{Cwd::realpath($File::Find::dir)}{$fullname} = _stat($fullname);
-            },
-            follow_fast => 1,
-            follow_skip => 2,
-            no_chdir => 1,
-        }, $path);
-
-        # remove root entry
-        delete $map{$fp}{$fp};
+        if ( -f $fp ) {
+            $map{$fp}{$fp} = _stat($fp);
+        }
+        else {
+            File::Find::finddepth({
+                wanted => sub {
+                    my $fullname = $File::Find::fullname || File::Spec->rel2abs($File::Find::name);
+                    $map{Cwd::realpath($File::Find::dir)}{$fullname} = _stat($fullname);
+                },
+                follow_fast => 1,
+                follow_skip => 2,
+                no_chdir => 1,
+            }, $path);
+
+            # remove root entry
+            delete $map{$fp}{$fp};
+        }
     }
 
     return \%map;
diff --git a/t/plain_file_with_inotify2.t b/t/plain_file_with_inotify2.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..645216d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/plain_file_with_inotify2.t
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Filesys::Notify::Simple;
+use Test::More;
+use FindBin;
+
+eval { require Linux::Inotify2 };
+
+plan skip_all => 'Linux::Inotify2 is required to run this test' if $@;
+
+my $test_file = "$FindBin::Bin/x/plain_file_for_inotify2.data";
+open my $out, ">", $test_file;
+print $out "foo" . time;
+close $out;
+
+my $w = Filesys::Notify::Simple->new( [$test_file] );
+
+my $pid = fork;
+if ( $pid == 0 ) {
+    sleep 3;
+
+    unlink $test_file;
+
+    my $other_file = "$FindBin::Bin/x/bar";
+    open $out, ">", $other_file;
+    print $out "bar" . time;
+    close $out;
+
+    unlink $other_file;
+
+    exit;
+}
+elsif ( $pid != 0 ) {
+    my $event;
+
+    local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { return };
+    alarm 10;
+
+    $w->wait( sub { $event = shift } );
+    like $event->{path}, qr/plain_file_for_inotify2/,
+      'first event is from watched file';
+
+    $w->wait( sub { $event = shift } );
+    is $event, undef, 'only one event';
+
+    waitpid $pid, 0;
+}
+else {
+    die $!;
+}
+
+done_testing();
+