diff --git a/src/libinput-plugin-button-debounce.c b/src/libinput-plugin-button-debounce.c
index aff1752e..8fc34294 100644
--- a/src/libinput-plugin-button-debounce.c
+++ b/src/libinput-plugin-button-debounce.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "libinput-log.h"
 #include "libinput-plugin-button-debounce.h"
 #include "libinput-plugin.h"
+#include "libinput-private.h"
 #include "libinput-util.h"
 #include "quirks.h"
 #include "timer.h"
@@ -730,6 +731,9 @@ debounce_plugin_device_added(struct libinput_plugin *libinput_plugin,
 	if (!libinput_device_has_capability(device, LIBINPUT_DEVICE_CAP_POINTER))
 		return;
 
+	if (libinput_device_is_virtual(device))
+		return;
+
 	_unref_(udev_device) *udev_device = libinput_device_get_udev_device(device);
 	if (udev_device) {
 		const char *prop = udev_device_get_property_value(udev_device,
diff --git a/src/libinput-private.h b/src/libinput-private.h
index 30ee5650..46110c6a 100644
--- a/src/libinput-private.h
+++ b/src/libinput-private.h
@@ -724,6 +724,9 @@ libinput_device_init(struct libinput_device *device, struct libinput_seat *seat)
 bool
 libinput_device_has_model_quirk(struct libinput_device *device, enum quirk model_quirk);
 
+bool
+libinput_device_is_virtual(struct libinput_device *device);
+
 struct libinput_device_group *
 libinput_device_group_create(struct libinput *libinput, const char *identifier);
 
diff --git a/src/libinput.c b/src/libinput.c
index 949780e8..cd4ea825 100644
--- a/src/libinput.c
+++ b/src/libinput.c
@@ -2244,6 +2244,12 @@ libinput_device_has_model_quirk(struct libinput_device *device, enum quirk model
 	return result;
 }
 
+bool
+libinput_device_is_virtual(struct libinput_device *device)
+{
+	return evdev_device_is_virtual((struct evdev_device *)device);
+}
+
 static uint32_t
 update_seat_key_count(struct libinput_seat *seat,
 		      keycode_t keycode,