diff --git a/srcpkgs/xf86-input-synaptics/template b/srcpkgs/xf86-input-synaptics/template
index f5d1e596a94..b9c0f642836 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xf86-input-synaptics/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xf86-input-synaptics/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template build file for 'xf86-input-synaptics'.
 pkgname=xf86-input-synaptics
-version=1.7.5
+version=1.8.0
 revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="libX11-devel libXtst-devel mtdev-devel
+makedepends="libX11-devel libXtst-devel libevdev-devel>=1.2
  pixman-devel libpciaccess-devel xorg-server-devel>=1.15<1.16"
 depends="xserver-abi-input-20_1"
 short_desc="Xorg synaptics touchpad input driver"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.x.org/"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/driver/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=1f8423521ff747efa9d84ef33126ad4bbe27d5904731115aa70247bc388c91c7
+checksum=9bf27632aaa6c5e62621ca9c2ca00f9b309c85b039ee33cd592b189fc872c37a
 
 xf86-input-synaptics-devel_package() {
 	lib32disabled=yes