diff --git a/src/api/dirmonitor.c b/src/api/dirmonitor.c
index 2769aa6b..fd92f4e9 100644
--- a/src/api/dirmonitor.c
+++ b/src/api/dirmonitor.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static int f_dirmonitor_new(lua_State* L) {
   struct dirmonitor* monitor = lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(struct dirmonitor));
   luaL_setmetatable(L, API_TYPE_DIRMONITOR);
   memset(monitor, 0, sizeof(struct dirmonitor));
+  monitor->mutex = SDL_CreateMutex();
   monitor->internal = init_dirmonitor();
   return 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/api/dirmonitor/fsevents.c b/src/api/dirmonitor/fsevents.c
index 6d22ca51..18e5799f 100644
--- a/src/api/dirmonitor/fsevents.c
+++ b/src/api/dirmonitor/fsevents.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct dirmonitor_internal* init_dirmonitor() {
   monitor->stream = NULL;
   monitor->changes = NULL;
   monitor->count = 0;
+  monitor->lock = NULL;
 
   return monitor;
 }
@@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ int translate_changes_dirmonitor(
 int add_dirmonitor(struct dirmonitor_internal* monitor, const char* path) {
   stop_monitor_stream(monitor);
 
+  monitor->lock = SDL_CreateMutex();
+
   FSEventStreamContext context = {
     .info = monitor,
     .retain = NULL,