diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index adaf2ecd..de23d631 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 - CHANGE: Remove `Sender`s from watcher API in favour of `EventFn` [#214]
 - META: The project maintainers have changed from @passcod to notify-rs.
 - CHANGE: Avoid stating the watched path for non-recursive watches with inotify [#256]
+- CHANGE: Report events promptly on Linux, even when many occur in rapid succession. [#268]
+
+[#268]: https://github.com/notify-rs/notify/pull/268
 
 ## 5.0.0-pre.4 (2020-10-31)
 
diff --git a/src/inotify.rs b/src/inotify.rs
index 14e59e3a..05c96583 100644
--- a/src/inotify.rs
+++ b/src/inotify.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ impl EventLoop {
             &evented_inotify,
             INOTIFY,
             mio::Ready::readable(),
-            mio::PollOpt::edge(),
+            mio::PollOpt::level(),
         )?;
 
         let event_loop = EventLoop {