diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/nsfwWatcherService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/nsfwWatcherService.ts
index 218078a996d1a4c1263866b458c12eb1d4a48b2e..c22b90f40b9a1a553495f1715cf8c2015207b25c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/nsfwWatcherService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/nsfwWatcherService.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
 import * as glob from 'vs/base/common/glob';
 import * as paths from 'vs/base/common/paths';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import * as platform from "vs/base/common/platform";
 import * as watcher from 'vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/common';
 import * as nsfw from 'nsfw';
 import { IWatcherService, IWatcherRequest } from 'vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/watcher';
 import { TPromise, ProgressCallback, TValueCallback } from 'vs/base/common/winjs.base';
 import { ThrottledDelayer } from 'vs/base/common/async';
 import { FileChangeType } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
+import { normalizeNFC } from "vs/base/common/strings";
 
 const nsfwActionToRawChangeType: { [key: number]: number } = [];
 nsfwActionToRawChangeType[nsfw.actions.CREATED] = FileChangeType.ADDED;
@@ -94,6 +96,11 @@ export class NsfwWatcherService implements IWatcherService {
 				const events = undeliveredFileEvents;
 				undeliveredFileEvents = [];
 
+				// Mac uses NFD unicode form on disk, but we want NFC
+				if (platform.isMacintosh) {
+					events.forEach(e => e.path = normalizeNFC(e.path));
+				}
+
 				// Broadcast to clients normalized
 				const res = watcher.normalize(events);
 				this._progressCallback(res);