diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/drivers.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/drivers.go
index 8d3c108e9..9f6675f04 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/drivers.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/drivers.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func Local(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
 }
 
 // Posix is the config mapping for the Posix storage driver
-func Posix(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
+func Posix(cfg *config.Config, enableFSWatch bool) map[string]interface{} {
 	return map[string]interface{}{
 		"root":                       cfg.Drivers.Posix.Root,
 		"personalspacepath_template": cfg.Drivers.Posix.PersonalSpacePathTemplate,
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ func Posix(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
 			"cache_auth_password":       cfg.IDCache.AuthPassword,
 		},
 		"use_space_groups":           cfg.Drivers.Posix.UseSpaceGroups,
+		"watch_fs":                   enableFSWatch,
 		"watch_type":                 cfg.Drivers.Posix.WatchType,
 		"watch_path":                 cfg.Drivers.Posix.WatchPath,
 		"watch_folder_kafka_brokers": cfg.Drivers.Posix.WatchFolderKafkaBrokers,
diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/user.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/user.go
index 29a26af32..a40ba3d64 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/user.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/user.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func StorageProviderDrivers(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
 		"ocis":        OcisNoEvents(cfg),
 		"s3":          S3(cfg),
 		"s3ng":        S3NGNoEvents(cfg),
-		"posix":       Posix(cfg),
+		"posix":       Posix(cfg, true),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ func DataProviderDrivers(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
 		"ocis":        Ocis(cfg),
 		"s3":          S3(cfg),
 		"s3ng":        S3NG(cfg),
-		"posix":       Posix(cfg),
+		"posix":       Posix(cfg, false),
 	}
 }