diff --git a/srcpkgs/weston/template b/srcpkgs/weston/template
index 4eb882a6c22..b517c10c98c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/weston/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/weston/template
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ makedepends="libpng-devel wayland-devel wayland-protocols libxkbcommon-devel
  pixman-devel pango-devel cairo-devel mtdev-devel libwebp-devel
  poppler-glib-devel pam-devel lcms2-devel eudev-libudev-devel libdrm-devel
  libinput-devel libxcb-devel libXcursor-devel colord-devel dbus-devel
- $(vopt_if vaapi 'glu-devel libva-devel') $(vopt_if elogind elogind-devel)"
+ $(vopt_if vaapi 'glu-devel libva-devel') $(vopt_if elogind elogind-devel)
+ libevdev-devel"
 short_desc="Reference implementation of a Wayland compositor"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"