Index: src/background/meson.build
--- src/background/meson.build.orig
+++ src/background/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 executable('wf-background', ['background.cpp'],
-        dependencies: [gtkmm, wayland_client, libutil, wf_protos, wfconfig, gtklayershell],
+        dependencies: [gtkmm, wayland_client, libutil, wf_protos, libinotify, wfconfig, gtklayershell],
+        install_rpath : '/usr/local/lib/inotify',
         install: true)
