diff --git a/Sources/Inotify/Inotify.swift b/Sources/Inotify/Inotify.swift
index 3a85681..c65ed25 100644
--- a/Sources/Inotify/Inotify.swift
+++ b/Sources/Inotify/Inotify.swift
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public actor Inotify {
 		guard wd >= 0 else {
 			throw InotifyError.addWatchFailed(path: path, errno: cinotify_get_errno())
 		}
-		watches.add(path, withId: wd)
+		watches.add(path, withId: wd, mask: mask)
 		return wd
 	}
 
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ public actor Inotify {
 		return result
 	}
 
+	@discardableResult
+	public func addWatchWithAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forDirectory path: String, mask: InotifyEventMask) async throws -> [CInt] {
+		let wds = try await self.addRecursiveWatch(forDirectory: path, mask: mask)
+		watches.enableAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forIds: wds)
+		return wds
+	}
+
 	public func removeWatch(_ wd: CInt) throws {
 		guard inotify_rm_watch(self.fd, wd) == 0 else {
 			throw InotifyError.removeWatchFailed(watchDescriptor: wd, errno: cinotify_get_errno())
@@ -50,11 +57,24 @@ public actor Inotify {
 		cinotify_deinit(self.fd)
 	}
 
-	private func transform(_ rawEvent: RawInotifyEvent) -> InotifyEvent? {
+	private func transform(_ rawEvent: RawInotifyEvent) async -> InotifyEvent? {
 		guard let path = self.watches.path(forId: rawEvent.watchDescriptor) else { return nil }
+		let event = InotifyEvent.init(from: rawEvent, inDirectory: path)
+		await self.addWatchInCaseOfAutomaticSubtreeWatching(event)
 		return InotifyEvent.init(from: rawEvent, inDirectory: path)
 	}
 
+	private func addWatchInCaseOfAutomaticSubtreeWatching(_ event: InotifyEvent) async {
+		guard watches.isAutomaticSubtreeWatching(event.watchDescriptor),
+			  event.mask.contains(.create),
+			  event.mask.contains(.isDir) else {
+			return
+		}
+
+		guard let mask = self.watches.mask(forId: event.watchDescriptor) else { return }
+		let _ = try? await self.addWatchWithAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forDirectory: event.path.string, mask: mask)
+	}
+
 	private static func createEventReader(forFileDescriptor fd: CInt) -> (any DispatchSourceRead, AsyncStream<RawInotifyEvent>) {
 		let (stream, continuation) = AsyncStream<RawInotifyEvent>.makeStream(
 			of: RawInotifyEvent.self,
diff --git a/Sources/Inotify/InotifyWatchManager.swift b/Sources/Inotify/InotifyWatchManager.swift
index 4d1d926..db69f56 100644
--- a/Sources/Inotify/InotifyWatchManager.swift
+++ b/Sources/Inotify/InotifyWatchManager.swift
@@ -1,18 +1,46 @@
 struct InotifyWatchManager {
 	private var watchPaths: [CInt: String] = [:]
+	private var watchMasks: [CInt: InotifyEventMask] = [:]
 	private var activeWatches: Set<CInt> = []
+	private var watchesWithAutomaticSubtreeWatching: Set<CInt> = []
 
-	mutating func add(_ path: String, withId watchDescriptor: CInt) {
+	mutating func add(_ path: String, withId watchDescriptor: CInt, mask: InotifyEventMask) {
 		self.watchPaths[watchDescriptor] = path
+		self.watchMasks[watchDescriptor] = mask
 		self.activeWatches.insert(watchDescriptor)
 	}
 
+	mutating func enableAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forId watchDescriptor: CInt) {
+		assert(self.activeWatches.contains(watchDescriptor))
+		self.watchesWithAutomaticSubtreeWatching.insert(watchDescriptor)
+	}
+
+	mutating func enableAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forIds watchDescriptors: CInt...) {
+		self.enableAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forIds: watchDescriptors)
+	}
+
+	mutating func enableAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forIds watchDescriptors: [CInt]) {
+		for watchDescriptor in watchDescriptors {
+			self.enableAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forId: watchDescriptor)
+		}
+	}
+
 	mutating func remove(forId watchDescriptor: CInt) {
 		self.watchPaths.removeValue(forKey: watchDescriptor)
+		self.watchMasks.removeValue(forKey: watchDescriptor)
 		self.activeWatches.remove(watchDescriptor)
+		self.watchesWithAutomaticSubtreeWatching.remove(watchDescriptor)
 	}
 
 	func path(forId watchDescriptor: CInt) -> String? {
 		return self.watchPaths[watchDescriptor]
 	}
+
+	func mask(forId watchDescriptor: CInt) -> InotifyEventMask? {
+		return self.watchMasks[watchDescriptor]
+	}
+
+	func isAutomaticSubtreeWatching(_ watchDescriptor: CInt) -> Bool {
+		return self.watchesWithAutomaticSubtreeWatching.contains(watchDescriptor)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/Tests/InotifyIntegrationTests/RecursiveEventTests.swift b/Tests/InotifyIntegrationTests/RecursiveEventTests.swift
index e330e29..5a012a2 100644
--- a/Tests/InotifyIntegrationTests/RecursiveEventTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/InotifyIntegrationTests/RecursiveEventTests.swift
@@ -13,11 +13,31 @@ struct RecursiveEventTests {
 			let events = try await getEventsForTrigger(
 				in: dir,
 				mask: [.create],
-				recursive: true
+				recursive: .recursive
 			) { _ in try createFile(at: "\(filepath)", contents: "hello") }
 
 			let createEvent = events.first { $0.mask.contains(.create) && $0.path.string == filepath }
 			#expect(createEvent != nil, "Expected CREATE for '\(filepath)', got: \(events)")
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Test func newSubfoldersOfRecursiveWatchAreAutomaticallyWatchedToo() async throws {
+		try await withTempDir { dir in
+			let subDirectory = "\(dir)/Subfolder"
+			let filepath = "\(subDirectory)/modify-target.txt"
+
+			let events = try await getEventsForTrigger(
+				in: dir,
+				mask: [.create],
+				recursive: .withAutomaticSubtreeWatching
+			) { _ in
+				try FileManager.default.createDirectory(atPath: subDirectory, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+				try await Task.sleep(for: .milliseconds(200))
+				try createFile(at: "\(filepath)", contents: "hello")
+			}
+
+			let createEvent = events.first { $0.mask.contains(.create) && $0.path.string == filepath }
+			#expect(createEvent != nil, "Expected CREATE for '\(filepath)', got: \(events)")
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/Tests/InotifyIntegrationTests/Utilities/getEventsForTrigger.swift b/Tests/InotifyIntegrationTests/Utilities/getEventsForTrigger.swift
index 78a20e9..1f54767 100644
--- a/Tests/InotifyIntegrationTests/Utilities/getEventsForTrigger.swift
+++ b/Tests/InotifyIntegrationTests/Utilities/getEventsForTrigger.swift
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 import Inotify
 
+enum RecursivKind {
+	case nonrecursive
+	case recursive
+	case withAutomaticSubtreeWatching
+}
+
 func getEventsForTrigger(
 	in dir: String,
 	mask: InotifyEventMask,
-	recursive: Bool = false,
+	recursive: RecursivKind = .nonrecursive,
 	trigger: @escaping (String) async throws -> Void,
 ) async throws -> [InotifyEvent] {
 	let watcher = try Inotify()
-	if recursive {
-		try await watcher.addRecursiveWatch(forDirectory: dir, mask: mask)
-	} else {
+	switch recursive {
+	case .nonrecursive:
 		try await watcher.addWatch(path: dir, mask: mask)
+	case .recursive:
+		try await watcher.addRecursiveWatch(forDirectory: dir, mask: mask)
+	case .withAutomaticSubtreeWatching:
+		try await watcher.addWatchWithAutomaticSubtreeWatching(forDirectory: dir, mask: mask)
 	}
 
 	let eventTask = Task {