diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f15a7ba9..af21866b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ AC_CHECK_DECL(CLOCK_MONOTONIC,[],
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG()
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MTDEV, [mtdev >= 1.1.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBUDEV, [libudev])
 
 if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
 	GCC_CFLAGS="-Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -g -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -fvisibility=hidden"
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index ffda1e05..f17ec448 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ libinput_la_SOURCES =			\
 	udev-seat.c			\
 	udev-seat.h
 
-libinput_la_LIBADD = $(MTDEV_LIBS)
+libinput_la_LIBADD = $(MTDEV_LIBS) \
+		     $(LIBUDEV_LIBS)
 libinput_la_CFLAGS = $(MTDEV_CFLAGS)	\
+		     $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS)	\
 		     $(GCC_CFLAGS)
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig