diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/shared/Gemfile.tt b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/shared/Gemfile.tt
index 879edf32..92ffb8c4 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/shared/Gemfile.tt
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/templates/shared/Gemfile.tt
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 # the following line to use "https"
 source 'http://rubygems.org'
 
-gem "middleman", "~><%= Middleman::VERSION %>"
\ No newline at end of file
+gem "middleman", "~><%= Middleman::VERSION %>"
+
+# For faster file watcher updates:
+# gem "rb-fsevent", "~> 0.9.3") # OS X
+# gem "rb-inotify", "~> 0.9.0") # Linux
+# gem "wdm", "~> 0.1.0") # Windows
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/middleman-core/middleman-core.gemspec b/middleman-core/middleman-core.gemspec
index e0f3f7b7..e7700be1 100644
--- a/middleman-core/middleman-core.gemspec
+++ b/middleman-core/middleman-core.gemspec
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   
   # Watcher
   s.add_dependency("listen", ["~> 0.7.3"])
-  s.add_dependency("rb-fsevent", ["~> 0.9.3"]) # OS X
+  # s.add_dependency("rb-fsevent", ["~> 0.9.3"]) # OS X
   # s.add_dependency("rb-inotify", ["~> 0.9.0"]) # Linux
 end