diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index 7e530ba5c82..2d79bd71039 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ sed -i -e "s|rm: cannot remove 'rel': Permission denied|rm: cannot remove 'rel':
 # however there's a bug because `---dis` is an alias for: `---disable-inotify`
 sed -i -e "s|---dis ||g" tests/tail/overlay-headers.sh
 
+# Do not FAIL, just do a regular ERROR
+sed -i -e "s|framework_failure_ 'no inotify_add_watch';|fail=1;|" tests/tail/inotify-rotate-resources.sh
+
 test -f "${UU_BUILD_DIR}/getlimits" || cp src/getlimits "${UU_BUILD_DIR}"
 
 # pr produces very long log and this command isn't super interesting