diff --git a/actions/minidlna b/actions/minidlna
index 90424f867..639104d96 100755
--- a/actions/minidlna
+++ b/actions/minidlna
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Configuration actions for the minidlna server.
 import argparse
 from tempfile import mkstemp
 from shutil import move
+import subprocess
 from os import fdopen, remove, chmod, stat
 
 import augeas
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ def subcommand_setup(arguments):
     aug.set('/files/etc/sysctl.conf/fs.inotify.max_user_watches', '100000')
     aug.save()
 
+    subprocess.run(['sysctl', '--system'], check=True)
+
 
 def subcommand_get_media_dir(arguments):
     """Retrieve media directory from minidlna.conf"""