diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
index fdd762bf79..efc732c0f3 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 
 /*
- * Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
+ * [1] Remote working directories are problematic for FSMonitor.
  *
  * The underlying file system on the server machine and/or the remote
  * mount type (NFS, SAMBA, etc.) dictates whether notification events
@@ -40,8 +40,16 @@
  *
  * So (for now at least), mark remote working directories as
  * incompatible.
+ *
+ *
+ * [2] FAT32 and NTFS working directories are problematic too.
+ *
+ * The builtin FSMonitor uses a Unix domain socket in the .git
+ * directory for IPC.  These Windows drive formats do not support
+ * Unix domain sockets, so mark them as incompatible for the daemon.
+ *
  */
-static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
+static enum fsmonitor_reason check_volume(struct repository *r)
 {
 	struct statfs fs;
 
@@ -60,6 +68,12 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason check_remote(struct repository *r)
 	if (!(fs.f_flags & MNT_LOCAL))
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
 
+	if (!strcmp(fs.f_fstypename, "msdos")) /* aka FAT32 */
+		return FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS;
+
+	if (!strcmp(fs.f_fstypename, "ntfs"))
+		return FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS;
+
 	return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
 }
 
@@ -67,7 +81,7 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
 {
 	enum fsmonitor_reason reason;
 
-	reason = check_remote(r);
+	reason = check_volume(r);
 	if (reason != FSMONITOR_REASON_OK)
 		return reason;
 
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.c b/fsmonitor-settings.c
index d2fb0141f8..658cb79da0 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.c
@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ char *fsm_settings__get_incompatible_msg(const struct repository *r,
 			    _("virtual repository '%s' is incompatible with fsmonitor"),
 			    r->worktree);
 		goto done;
+
+	case FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS:
+		strbuf_addf(&msg,
+			    _("repository '%s' is incompatible with fsmonitor due to lack of Unix sockets"),
+			    r->worktree);
+		goto done;
 	}
 
 	BUG("Unhandled case in fsm_settings__get_incompatible_msg: '%d'",
diff --git a/fsmonitor-settings.h b/fsmonitor-settings.h
index afd1b3874a..d9c2605197 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-settings.h
+++ b/fsmonitor-settings.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ enum fsmonitor_reason {
 	FSMONITOR_REASON_ERROR, /* FS error probing for compatibility */
 	FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE,
 	FSMONITOR_REASON_VFS4GIT, /* VFS for Git virtualization */
+	FSMONITOR_REASON_NOSOCKETS, /* NTFS,FAT32 do not support Unix sockets */
 };
 
 void fsm_settings__set_ipc(struct repository *r);