diff --git a/src/basic/socket-label.c b/src/basic/socket-label.c
index e67a5cfe6a..97f3ebe2af 100644
--- a/src/basic/socket-label.c
+++ b/src/basic/socket-label.c
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ int socket_address_listen(
                 if (listen(fd, backlog) < 0)
                         return -errno;
 
+        /* Let's trigger an inotify event on the socket node, so that anyone waiting for this socket to be connectable
+         * gets notified */
+        if (p)
+                (void) touch(p);
+
         r = fd;
         fd = -1;
 
diff --git a/src/core/dbus.c b/src/core/dbus.c
index b7d8af9396..115d071eb4 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "dbus-unit.h"
 #include "dbus.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
+#include "fs-util.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "missing.h"
 #include "mkdir.h"
@@ -1005,6 +1006,9 @@ static int bus_init_private(Manager *m) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to make private socket listening: %m");
 
+        /* Generate an inotify event in case somebody waits for this socket to appear using inotify() */
+        (void) touch(sa.un.sun_path);
+
         r = sd_event_add_io(m->event, &s, fd, EPOLLIN, bus_on_connection, m);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to allocate event source: %m");