diff --git a/frontend/main.c b/frontend/main.c
index b32b9399d..626d1e88e 100644
--- a/frontend/main.c
+++ b/frontend/main.c
@@ -1179,6 +1179,7 @@ weston_compositor_init_config(struct weston_compositor *ec,
 	int repaint_msec;
 	bool color_management;
 	bool cal;
+	bool disable_input = false;
 
 	/* weston.ini [keyboard] */
 	s = weston_config_get_section(config, "keyboard", NULL, NULL);
@@ -1235,6 +1236,8 @@ weston_compositor_init_config(struct weston_compositor *ec,
 	if (cal)
 		weston_compositor_enable_touch_calibrator(ec,
 						save_touch_device_calibration);
+	weston_config_section_get_bool(s, "disable-input", &disable_input, false);
+	compositor->compositor->disable_input = disable_input;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/libweston/libweston.h b/include/libweston/libweston.h
index 1228ce176..ec391d979 100644
--- a/include/libweston/libweston.h
+++ b/include/libweston/libweston.h
@@ -1426,6 +1426,9 @@ struct weston_compositor {
 	/* Whether to let the compositor run without any input device. */
 	bool require_input;
 
+	/* Ignore all libinput-based input devices */
+	bool disable_input;
+
 	/* Whether to load multiple backends. */
 	bool multi_backend;
 
diff --git a/libweston/libinput-seat.c b/libweston/libinput-seat.c
index 5ecb97413..189b96d50 100644
--- a/libweston/libinput-seat.c
+++ b/libweston/libinput-seat.c
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@ udev_input_init(struct udev_input *input, struct weston_compositor *c,
 
 	input->compositor = c;
 	input->configure_device = configure_device;
+	if (c->disable_input) {
+		weston_log("Frontend disabled all input devices.\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	log_priority = getenv("WESTON_LIBINPUT_LOG_PRIORITY");
 
diff --git a/man/weston.ini.man b/man/weston.ini.man
index 1a79e358c..23466bcf2 100644
--- a/man/weston.ini.man
+++ b/man/weston.ini.man
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ For devices with \fBscroll-method\fR set to \fIbutton\fR. Specifies the
 button that will trigger scrolling. See /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h
 for the complete list of possible values.
 .TP 7
+.BI "disable-input=" false
+Ignore all libinput-based input devices.
+.TP 7
 .BI "touchscreen_calibrator=" true
 Advertise the touchscreen calibrator interface to all clients. This is a
 potential denial-of-service attack vector, so it should only be enabled on