diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
index ded4e9e6d..52aef8267 100644
--- a/changelog.rst
+++ b/changelog.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Changelog
 
 - Add logger parameter for the LoggingEventHandler (`#676 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/676>`_)
 - Replace mutable default arguments with ``if None`` implementation (`#677 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/677>`_)
-- Thanks to our beloved contributors: @Sraw
+- [inotify] Add events for IN_WRITE_CLOSE and IN_NOWRITE_CLOSE (`#690 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/690>`)
+- Thanks to our beloved contributors: @Sraw, @lukassup
 
 
 0.10.3
diff --git a/src/watchdog/events.py b/src/watchdog/events.py
index 766cca050..db2c92ac9 100755
--- a/src/watchdog/events.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/events.py
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
    :members:
    :show-inheritance:
 
+.. autoclass:: FileClosedEvent
+   :members:
+   :show-inheritance:
+
 .. autoclass:: DirCreatedEvent
    :members:
    :show-inheritance:
@@ -97,6 +101,7 @@
 EVENT_TYPE_DELETED = 'deleted'
 EVENT_TYPE_CREATED = 'created'
 EVENT_TYPE_MODIFIED = 'modified'
+EVENT_TYPE_CLOSED = 'closed'
 
 
 class FileSystemEvent(object):
@@ -248,6 +253,19 @@ def __repr__(self):
                           dest_path=self.dest_path))
 
 
+class FileClosedEvent(FileSystemEvent):
+    """File system event representing file close on the file system."""
+
+    event_type = EVENT_TYPE_CLOSED
+
+    def __init__(self, src_path):
+        super(FileClosedEvent, self).__init__(src_path)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return ("<%(class_name)s: src_path=%(src_path)r>"
+                ) % (dict(class_name=self.__class__.__name__,
+                          src_path=self.src_path))
+
 # Directory events.
 
 
diff --git a/src/watchdog/observers/inotify.py b/src/watchdog/observers/inotify.py
index 68ffa66ea..f710d79c0 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/observers/inotify.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/observers/inotify.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     FileModifiedEvent,
     FileMovedEvent,
     FileCreatedEvent,
+    FileClosedEvent,
     generate_sub_moved_events,
     generate_sub_created_events,
 )
@@ -174,6 +175,13 @@ def queue_events(self, timeout, full_events=False):
                 cls = DirCreatedEvent if event.is_directory else FileCreatedEvent
                 self.queue_event(cls(src_path))
                 self.queue_event(DirModifiedEvent(os.path.dirname(src_path)))
+            elif event.is_close_write and not event.is_directory:
+                cls = FileClosedEvent
+                self.queue_event(cls(src_path))
+                self.queue_event(DirModifiedEvent(os.path.dirname(src_path)))
+            elif event.is_close_nowrite and not event.is_directory:
+                cls = FileClosedEvent
+                self.queue_event(cls(src_path))
 
     def _decode_path(self, path):
         """ Decode path only if unicode string was passed to this emitter. """
diff --git a/tests/test_events.py b/tests/test_events.py
index fe02f3e46..b9ba8cb86 100644
--- a/tests/test_events.py
+++ b/tests/test_events.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     FileDeletedEvent,
     FileModifiedEvent,
     FileCreatedEvent,
+    FileClosedEvent,
     DirDeletedEvent,
     DirModifiedEvent,
     DirCreatedEvent,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
     EVENT_TYPE_CREATED,
     EVENT_TYPE_DELETED,
     EVENT_TYPE_MOVED,
+    EVENT_TYPE_CLOSED,
 )
 
 path_1 = '/path/xyz'
@@ -82,6 +84,12 @@ def test_file_moved_event():
     assert not event.is_directory
     assert not event.is_synthetic
 
+def test_file_closed_event():
+    event = FileClosedEvent(path_1)
+    assert path_1 == event.src_path
+    assert EVENT_TYPE_CLOSED == event.event_type
+    assert not event.is_directory
+    assert not event.is_synthetic
 
 def test_dir_deleted_event():
     event = DirDeletedEvent(path_1)
@@ -112,6 +120,7 @@ def test_file_system_event_handler_dispatch():
     file_del_event = FileDeletedEvent('/path/blah.txt')
     dir_cre_event = DirCreatedEvent('/path/blah.py')
     file_cre_event = FileCreatedEvent('/path/blah.txt')
+    file_cls_event = FileClosedEvent('/path/blah.txt')
     dir_mod_event = DirModifiedEvent('/path/blah.py')
     file_mod_event = FileModifiedEvent('/path/blah.txt')
     dir_mov_event = DirMovedEvent('/path/blah.py', '/path/blah')
@@ -126,6 +135,7 @@ def test_file_system_event_handler_dispatch():
         file_del_event,
         file_cre_event,
         file_mov_event,
+        file_cls_event,
     ]
 
     class TestableEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
@@ -145,6 +155,9 @@ def on_moved(self, event):
         def on_created(self, event):
             assert event.event_type == EVENT_TYPE_CREATED
 
+        def on_closed(self, event):
+            assert event.event_type == EVENT_TYPE_CLOSED
+
     handler = TestableEventHandler()
 
     for event in all_events: