diff --git a/src/monitor.d b/src/monitor.d
index f8050ef523..be0ad9d859 100644
--- a/src/monitor.d
+++ b/src/monitor.d
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ shared class MonitorBackgroundWorker {
 }
 
 
-void startMonitorJob(MonitorBackgroundWorker worker, Tid callerTid)
+void startMonitorJob(shared(MonitorBackgroundWorker) worker, Tid callerTid)
 {
 	try {
     	worker.watch(callerTid);
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ final class Monitor {
 	bool check_nosync = false;
 	
 	// Configure Private Class Variables
-	MonitorBackgroundWorker worker;
+	shared(MonitorBackgroundWorker) worker;
 	// map every inotify watch descriptor to its directory
 	private string[int] wdToDirName;
 	// map the inotify cookies of move_from events to their path
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ final class Monitor {
 		
 		assert(onDirCreated && onFileChanged && onDelete && onMove);
 		if (!buffer) buffer = new void[4096];
-		worker = new MonitorBackgroundWorker;
+		worker = new shared(MonitorBackgroundWorker);
 		worker.initialise();
 
 		// from which point do we start watching for changes?
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ final class Monitor {
 		return path;
 	}
 
-	MonitorBackgroundWorker getWorker() {
+	shared(MonitorBackgroundWorker) getWorker() {
 		return worker;
 	}