diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d5bcc80d7..968edc2ee 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -22241,6 +22241,10 @@ $as_echo "#define SDL_TIMER_UNIX 1" >>confdefs.h
         if test x$enable_libudev = xyes && test x$have_libudev_h_hdr = xyes; then
             SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/core/linux/SDL_udev.c"
         fi
+        # Set up files for evdev input
+        if test x$use_input_events = xyes; then
+            SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c"
+        fi
         ;;
     *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw32*)
         ARCH=win32
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 993964f7a..6cde4ee45 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2507,6 +2507,10 @@ case "$host" in
         if test x$enable_libudev = xyes && test x$have_libudev_h_hdr = xyes; then
             SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/core/linux/SDL_udev.c"               
         fi
+        # Set up files for evdev input
+        if test x$use_input_events = xyes; then
+            SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c"
+        fi       
         ;;
     *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw32*)
         ARCH=win32