diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/build b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/build
index 6f5fc272e2..6f1444d1bc 100755
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/build
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/build
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
             --disable-static \
             --enable-shared \
-            --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PATH_MODULES
+            --disable-silent-rules \
+            --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PATH_MODULES \
+            --with-gnu-ld \            
 
-make
\ No newline at end of file
+make
diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/meta b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/meta
index a7ae8b8062..b61641ba4c 100644
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/meta
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="xf86-input-evdev"
-PKG_VERSION="2.5.0"
+PKG_VERSION="2.6.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"