diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
index 4161dd8282..8e32b5ae5e 100644
--- a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ static enum fsmonitor_cookie_item_result with_lock__wait_for_cookie(
 	close(fd);
 	unlink(cookie_pathname.buf);
 
+	/* The listener callback takes main_lock, so this must not block. */
+	fsm_listen__flush_async(state);
+
 	/*
 	 * Wait for the listener thread to observe the cookie file.
 	 * Time out after a short interval so that the client
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-darwin-gcc.h b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-darwin-gcc.h
index 3496e29b3a..c209dc2f68 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-darwin-gcc.h
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-darwin-gcc.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ CFRunLoopRef CFRunLoopGetCurrent(void);
 extern CFStringRef kCFRunLoopDefaultMode;
 void FSEventStreamSetDispatchQueue(FSEventStreamRef stream, dispatch_queue_t q);
 unsigned char FSEventStreamStart(FSEventStreamRef stream);
+FSEventStreamEventId FSEventStreamFlushAsync(FSEventStreamRef stream);
 void FSEventStreamStop(FSEventStreamRef stream);
 void FSEventStreamInvalidate(FSEventStreamRef stream);
 void FSEventStreamRelease(FSEventStreamRef stream);
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
index 43c3a915a0..64bee248d2 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-darwin.c
@@ -496,6 +496,11 @@ void fsm_listen__stop_async(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state)
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&data->dq_lock);
 }
 
+void fsm_listen__flush_async(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state)
+{
+	FSEventStreamFlushAsync(state->listen_data->stream);
+}
+
 void fsm_listen__loop(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state)
 {
 	struct fsm_listen_data *data;
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-linux.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-linux.c
index e3dca14b62..7aae29ea22 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-linux.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-linux.c
@@ -493,6 +493,10 @@ void fsm_listen__stop_async(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state)
 		state->listen_data->shutdown = SHUTDOWN_STOP;
 }
 
+void fsm_listen__flush_async(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state UNUSED)
+{
+}
+
 /*
  * Process a single inotify event and queue for publication.
  */
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c
index 9a6efc9bea..039d797000 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@ void fsm_listen__stop_async(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state)
 	SetEvent(state->listen_data->hListener[LISTENER_SHUTDOWN]);
 }
 
+void fsm_listen__flush_async(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state UNUSED)
+{
+}
+
 static struct one_watch *create_watch(const char *path)
 {
 	struct one_watch *watch = NULL;
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen.h b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen.h
index 41650bf897..cfeca1f4b6 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen.h
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen.h
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ void fsm_listen__dtor(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state);
  */
 void fsm_listen__loop(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state);
 
+/*
+ * Prompt the listener to deliver queued filesystem events, if supported.
+ * This does not wait for the events to be processed.
+ */
+void fsm_listen__flush_async(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state);
+
 /*
  * Gently request that the fsmonitor listener thread shutdown.
  * It does not wait for it to stop.  The caller should do a JOIN