diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f817c509ec..e81de1063a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 /git-format-patch
 /git-fsck
 /git-fsck-objects
+/git-fsmonitor--daemon
 /git-gc
 /git-get-tar-commit-id
 /git-grep
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 707a56d4c1..5af1d5b112 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1114,6 +1114,7 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/fmt-merge-msg.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/for-each-ref.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/for-each-repo.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/fsck.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/gc.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/get-tar-commit-id.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/grep.o
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index 83379f3832..40e9ecc848 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_for_each_repo(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_fsck(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+int cmd_fsmonitor__daemon(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_get_tar_commit_id(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f049879337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
+#include "simple-ipc.h"
+#include "khash.h"
+
+static const char * const builtin_fsmonitor__daemon_usage[] = {
+	NULL
+};
+
+#ifdef HAVE_FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND
+
+int cmd_fsmonitor__daemon(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	const char *subcmd;
+
+	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options,
+			     builtin_fsmonitor__daemon_usage, 0);
+	if (argc != 1)
+		usage_with_options(builtin_fsmonitor__daemon_usage, options);
+	subcmd = argv[0];
+
+	die(_("Unhandled subcommand '%s'"), subcmd);
+}
+
+#else
+int cmd_fsmonitor__daemon(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
+		usage_with_options(builtin_fsmonitor__daemon_usage, options);
+
+	die(_("fsmonitor--daemon not supported on this platform"));
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index a25940d72e..3d8e48cf55 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{ "format-patch", cmd_format_patch, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "fsck", cmd_fsck, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "fsck-objects", cmd_fsck, RUN_SETUP },
+	{ "fsmonitor--daemon", cmd_fsmonitor__daemon, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "gc", cmd_gc, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "get-tar-commit-id", cmd_get_tar_commit_id, NO_PARSEOPT },
 	{ "grep", cmd_grep, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },