diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
index ec56ce185b9c..8e4566d906d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
@@ -1375,11 +1375,11 @@ let
   }) // {inherit ;};
 
   xf86inputevdev = (mkDerivation "xf86inputevdev" {
-    name = "xf86-input-evdev-2.8.4";
+    name = "xf86-input-evdev-2.9.1";
     builder = ./builder.sh;
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-input-evdev-2.8.4.tar.bz2;
-      sha256 = "030haki1h0m85h91c91812gdnk6znfamw5kpr010zxwwbsgxxyl5";
+      url = mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-input-evdev-2.9.1.tar.bz2;
+      sha256 = "1y82hpx86rngb0yrvcl4ni88wkc3zf9dj25myjk91b7ymll07qqc";
     };
     buildInputs = [pkgconfig inputproto udev xorgserver xproto ];
   }) // {inherit inputproto udev xorgserver xproto ;};
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 2fa9a7fddc5d..a95d88186515 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ in
   xf86inputevdev = attrs: attrs // {
     preBuild = "sed -e '/motion_history_proc/d; /history_size/d;' -i src/*.c";
     installFlags = "sdkdir=\${out}/include/xorg";
+    buildInputs = attrs.buildInputs ++ [ args.mtdev args.libevdev ];
   };
 
   xf86inputmouse = attrs: attrs // {
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs-7.7.list b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs-7.7.list
index fb5f444a6955..746880171528 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs-7.7.list
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs-7.7.list
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ mirror://xorg/individual/proto/xextproto-7.3.0.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/X11R7.7/src/everything/xf86bigfontproto-1.2.0.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/X11R7.7/src/everything/xf86dgaproto-2.1.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/X11R7.7/src/everything/xf86driproto-2.1.1.tar.bz2
-mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-input-evdev-2.8.4.tar.bz2
+mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-input-evdev-2.9.1.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-input-joystick-1.6.2.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-input-keyboard-1.8.0.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-input-mouse-1.9.1.tar.bz2