diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c825f42166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, mtdev, udev, libevdev }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libinput-0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libinput/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1g5za42f60vw87982vjh0n6r78qajj34l323p7623fbw3rvmbd9h";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig mtdev udev libevdev ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput;
+    description = "handles input devices in Wayland compositors and to provide a generic X.Org input driver";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d79d1369dd1..18474401f7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5727,6 +5727,8 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) gtkdoc;
   };
 
+  libinput = callPackage ../development/libraries/libinput { };
+
   libiptcdata = callPackage ../development/libraries/libiptcdata { };
 
   libjpeg_original = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjpeg { };