diff --git a/lib/guard.rb b/lib/guard.rb
index 9ed5c4b..129e5f3 100644
--- a/lib/guard.rb
+++ b/lib/guard.rb
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ module Guard
         Interactor.init_signal_traps
         
         listener.on_change do |files|
-          run do
-            guards.each do |guard|
-              paths = Watcher.match_files(guard, files)
-              supervised_task(guard, :run_on_change, paths) unless paths.empty?
+          if Watcher.match_files?(guards, files)
+            run do
+              guards.each do |guard|
+                paths = Watcher.match_files(guard, files)
+                supervised_task(guard, :run_on_change, paths) unless paths.empty?
+              end
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/lib/guard/watcher.rb b/lib/guard/watcher.rb
index 593203b..5f7df7b 100644
--- a/lib/guard/watcher.rb
+++ b/lib/guard/watcher.rb
@@ -30,5 +30,9 @@ module Guard
       end
     end
     
+    def self.match_files?(guards, files)
+      guards.any? { |guard| !match_files(guard, files).empty? }
+    end
+    
   end
 end
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