diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libevdev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libevdev/default.nix
index 9b1184f1c0b..c769006e0bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libevdev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libevdev/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python3 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, python3 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libevdev";
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "17pb5375njb1r05xmk0r57a2j986ihglh2n5nqcylbag4rj8mqg7";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix libevdev-python tests on aarch64
+    # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libevdev/libevdev/merge_requests/63
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libevdev/libevdev/commit/66113fe84f62bab3a672a336eb10b255d2aa5ce7.patch";
+      sha256 = "gZKr/P+/OqU69IGslP8CQlcGuyzA/ulcm+nGwHdis58=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
index 516fbeb7c3a..cb8009011b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
@@ -47,10 +47,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig meson ninja ]
     ++ optionals documentationSupport [ doxygen graphviz sphinx-build ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libevdev mtdev libwacom ]
+  buildInputs = [
+    libevdev
+    mtdev
+    libwacom
+    (python3.withPackages (pp: with pp; [
+      pp.libevdev # already in scope
+      pyudev
+      pyyaml
+      setuptools
+    ]))
+  ]
     ++ optionals eventGUISupport [ cairo glib gtk3 ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ (python3.withPackages (pkgs: with pkgs; [ evdev ])) check valgrind ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    check
+    valgrind
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ udev ];
 
@@ -60,6 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs tools/helper-copy-and-exec-from-tmp.sh
     patchShebangs test/symbols-leak-test
     patchShebangs test/check-leftover-udev-rules.sh
+    patchShebangs test/helper-copy-and-exec-from-tmp.sh
   '';
 
   doCheck = testsSupport && stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libevdev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libevdev/default.nix
index 220d60663a3..a17612c79cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libevdev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libevdev/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, isPy27, fetchPypi }:
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy27
+, fetchPypi
+, substituteAll
+, pkgs
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "libevdev";
@@ -10,7 +17,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "17agnigmzscmdjqmrylg1lza03hwjhgxbpf4l705s6i7p7ndaqrs";
   };
 
-  doCheck = false;
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./fix-paths.patch;
+      libevdev = stdenv.lib.getLib pkgs.libevdev;
+    })
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Python wrapper around the libevdev C library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libevdev/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libevdev/fix-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e73c360b146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libevdev/fix-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/libevdev/_clib.py b/libevdev/_clib.py
+index 6e4ab2c..9db54d1 100644
+--- a/libevdev/_clib.py
++++ b/libevdev/_clib.py
+@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Libevdev(_LibraryWrapper):
+ 
+     @staticmethod
+     def _cdll():
+-        return ctypes.CDLL("libevdev.so.2", use_errno=True)
++        return ctypes.CDLL("@libevdev@/lib/libevdev.so.2", use_errno=True)
+ 
+     _api_prototypes = {
+         # const char *libevdev_event_type_get_name(unsigned int type);
+@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ class UinputDevice(_LibraryWrapper):
+ 
+     @staticmethod
+     def _cdll():
+-        return ctypes.CDLL("libevdev.so.2", use_errno=True)
++        return ctypes.CDLL("@libevdev@/lib/libevdev.so.2", use_errno=True)
+ 
+     _api_prototypes = {
+         # int libevdev_uinput_create_from_device(const struct libevdev *, int, struct libevdev_uinput **)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix
index c26f9bcabe6..c0a401a1b2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     '';
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest mock hypothesis docutils ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ systemd six ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
     py.test