diff --git a/src/settings/nm-inotify-helper.c b/src/settings/nm-inotify-helper.c
index f44fee8232..2391d993b1 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-inotify-helper.c
+++ b/src/settings/nm-inotify-helper.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #include "nm-inotify-helper.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
 
+/* NOTE: this code should be killed once we depend on a new enough glib to
+ * include the patches from https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532815
+ */
+
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (NMInotifyHelper, nm_inotify_helper, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
 
 #define NM_INOTIFY_HELPER_GET_PRIVATE(o) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE ((o), NM_TYPE_INOTIFY_HELPER, NMInotifyHelperPrivate))
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-inotify-helper.h b/src/settings/nm-inotify-helper.h
index bdebaf8e42..31e6b9ff81 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-inotify-helper.h
+++ b/src/settings/nm-inotify-helper.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 #include <glib-object.h>
 #include <sys/inotify.h>
 
+/* NOTE: this code should be killed once we depend on a new enough glib to
+ * include the patches from https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532815
+ */
+
 #define NM_TYPE_INOTIFY_HELPER            (nm_inotify_helper_get_type ())
 #define NM_INOTIFY_HELPER(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), NM_TYPE_INOTIFY_HELPER, NMInotifyHelper))
 #define NM_INOTIFY_HELPER_CLASS(klass)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), NM_TYPE_INOTIFY_HELPER, NMInotifyHelperClass))