diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e777f5e6dc..57a25411f1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -852,15 +852,23 @@ endif
 alsa = dependency('alsa', version: '>=1.0.0', required: get_option('alsa'))
 conf.set('HAVE_ALSA', alsa.found())
 
+# Linux Input
 
 if get_option('linux-input').disabled()
   have_linuxinput = false
-elif get_option('linux-input').enabled() and not cc.has_header('linux/input.h')
-  error('linux/input.h header not found.')
 else
-  have_linuxinput = x11_target
+  have_linuxinput = cc.has_header('linux/input.h',
+                                  required: get_option('linux-input'))
 endif
 
+if have_linuxinput
+  gudev = dependency('gudev-1.0', version: '>=167', required: get_option('gudev'))
+else
+  gudev = no_dep
+endif
+conf.set('HAVE_LIBGUDEV', gudev.found())
+
+
 # DirectX DirectInput
 directx = no_dep
 directx_sdk_path = get_option('directx-sdk-dir')
@@ -881,9 +889,6 @@ if directx_sdk_path != '' and platform_windows
 endif
 conf.set('HAVE_DX_DINPUT', directx.found())
 
-gudev = dependency('gudev-1.0', version: '>=167', required: get_option('gudev'))
-conf.set('HAVE_LIBGUDEV', gudev.found())
-
 
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