diff --git a/src/watchdog/events.py b/src/watchdog/events.py
index db2c92ac9..162130e4f 100755
--- a/src/watchdog/events.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/events.py
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ def dispatch(self, event):
             EVENT_TYPE_DELETED: self.on_deleted,
             EVENT_TYPE_MODIFIED: self.on_modified,
             EVENT_TYPE_MOVED: self.on_moved,
+            EVENT_TYPE_CLOSED: self.on_closed,
         }[event.event_type](event)
 
     def on_any_event(self, event):
@@ -398,6 +399,16 @@ def on_modified(self, event):
             :class:`DirModifiedEvent` or :class:`FileModifiedEvent`
         """
 
+    def on_closed(self, event):
+        """Called when a file opened for reading or writing is closed.
+
+        :param event:
+            Event representing file closing.
+        :type event:
+            :class:`FileClosedEvent`
+        :return:
+        """
+
 
 class PatternMatchingEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
     """
diff --git a/src/watchdog/observers/inotify_c.py b/src/watchdog/observers/inotify_c.py
index 040224356..3eceb35bd 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/observers/inotify_c.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/observers/inotify_c.py
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ class InotifyConstants(object):
         InotifyConstants.IN_DELETE,
         InotifyConstants.IN_DELETE_SELF,
         InotifyConstants.IN_DONT_FOLLOW,
+        InotifyConstants.IN_CLOSE_WRITE,
+        InotifyConstants.IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE,
     ])