diff --git a/97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf b/97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10929ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288 
diff --git a/kf5-baloo.spec b/kf5-baloo.spec
index 5634f3a..ab7dfb5 100644
--- a/kf5-baloo.spec
+++ b/kf5-baloo.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           kf5-%{framework}
 Version:        5.6.0
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        A Tier 3 KDE Frameworks 5 module that provides indexing and search functionality
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdelibs/baloo
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ URL:            https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdelibs/baloo
 %endif
 Source0:        http://download.kde.org/%{stable}/plasma/%{version}/%{framework}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+Source1: 97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf
+
 BuildRequires:  qt5-qtbase-devel
 BuildRequires:  qt5-qtdeclarative-devel
 BuildRequires:  kf5-rpm-macros
@@ -80,6 +82,9 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} -C %{_target_platform}
 
 %install
 make install/fast  DESTDIR=%{buildroot} -C %{_target_platform}
+
+install -p -m644 -D %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/sysctl.d/97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf
+
 %find_lang balooctl --with-qt
 %find_lang kio_baloosearch --with-qt
 %find_lang baloo_file --with-qt
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@ fi
 %{_kf5_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/baloo.png
 
 %files file -f %{name}-file.lang
+%{_prefix}/lib/sysctl.d/97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf
 %{_kf5_bindir}/baloo_file
 %{_kf5_bindir}/baloo_file_extractor
 %{_kf5_bindir}/baloo_file_cleaner
@@ -154,6 +160,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Feb 07 2015 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 5.6.0-2
+- port 97-kde-baloo-filewatch-inotify.conf from Obsoletes'd baloo pkg
+
 * Mon Jan 26 2015 Daniel Vrátil <dvratil@redhat.com> - 5.6.0-1
 - Plasma 5.2.0