diff --git a/django/utils/autoreload.py b/django/utils/autoreload.py
index f4ac4977f7..6efd6c4f58 100644
--- a/django/utils/autoreload.py
+++ b/django/utils/autoreload.py
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ def inotify_code_changed():
             pyinotify.IN_ATTRIB |
             pyinotify.IN_MOVED_FROM |
             pyinotify.IN_MOVED_TO |
-            pyinotify.IN_CREATE
+            pyinotify.IN_CREATE |
+            pyinotify.IN_DELETE_SELF |
+            pyinotify.IN_MOVE_SELF
         )
         for path in gen_filenames(only_new=True):
             wm.add_watch(path, mask)
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.3.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.3.txt
index 104d6eb725..b549251b39 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.3.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.3.txt
@@ -95,3 +95,5 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed a regression in ``URLValidator`` that invalidated Punycode TLDs
   (:ticket:`25059`).
+
+* Improved `pyinotify` ``runserver`` polling (:ticket:`23882`).