diff -urNr desktop-2.5.2-orig/src/gui/folderwatcher.cpp desktop-2.5.2/src/gui/folderwatcher.cpp
--- desktop-2.5.2-orig/src/gui/folderwatcher.cpp	2019-03-19 02:52:24.000000000 +0100
+++ desktop-2.5.2/src/gui/folderwatcher.cpp	2019-05-10 09:53:53.861934327 +0200
@@ -75,9 +75,28 @@
     return _isReliable;
 }
 
+
+void FolderWatcher::appendSubPaths(QDir dir, QStringList& subPaths) {
+    QStringList newSubPaths = dir.entryList(QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Dirs | QDir::Files);
+    for (int i = 0; i < newSubPaths.size(); i++) {
+        QString path = dir.path() + "/" + newSubPaths[i];
+        QFileInfo fileInfo(path);
+        subPaths.append(path);
+        if (fileInfo.isDir()) {
+            QDir dir(path);
+            appendSubPaths(dir, subPaths);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void FolderWatcher::changeDetected(const QString &path)
 {
+    QFileInfo fileInfo(path);
     QStringList paths(path);
+    if (fileInfo.isDir()) {
+        QDir dir(path);
+        appendSubPaths(dir, paths);
+    }
     changeDetected(paths);
 }
 
diff -urNr desktop-2.5.2-orig/src/gui/folderwatcher.h desktop-2.5.2/src/gui/folderwatcher.h
--- desktop-2.5.2-orig/src/gui/folderwatcher.h	2019-03-19 02:52:24.000000000 +0100
+++ desktop-2.5.2/src/gui/folderwatcher.h	2019-05-10 09:56:15.063411278 +0200
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <QHash>
 #include <QScopedPointer>
 #include <QSet>
+#include <QDir>
 
 class QTimer;
 
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@
     Folder *_folder;
     bool _isReliable = true;
 
+    void appendSubPaths(QDir dir, QStringList& subPaths);
+
     friend class FolderWatcherPrivate;
 };
 }
diff -urNr desktop-2.5.2-orig/test/testfolderwatcher.cpp desktop-2.5.2/test/testfolderwatcher.cpp
--- desktop-2.5.2-orig/test/testfolderwatcher.cpp	2019-03-19 02:52:24.000000000 +0100
+++ desktop-2.5.2/test/testfolderwatcher.cpp	2019-05-10 09:57:51.453556579 +0200
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@
         QVERIFY(waitForPathChanged(file));
     }
 
+    void testMove3LevelDirWithFile() {
+        QString file(_rootPath + "/a0/b/c/empty.txt");
+        mkdir(_rootPath + "/a0");
+        mkdir(_rootPath + "/a0/b");
+        mkdir(_rootPath + "/a0/b/c");
+        touch(file);
+        mv(_rootPath + "/a0 ", _rootPath + "/a");
+        QVERIFY(waitForPathChanged(_rootPath + "/a/b/c/empty.txt"));
+    }
+
     void testCreateADir() {
         QString file(_rootPath+"/a1/b1/new_dir");
         mkdir(file);