diff --git a/package/efl/Config.in b/package/efl/Config.in
index fa6d7617e5..f963ade8e5 100644
--- a/package/efl/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/Config.in
@@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_OPENGL_NONE
 
 endchoice # OpenGL support
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_ELPUT
+	bool "Elput"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINPUT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON
+	help
+	  The elput library is an efl abstraction for the libinput library
+	  which can be used by various other subsystems (ecore_fb,
+	  ecore_drm, etc) to handle interfacing with libinput without
+	  having to duplicate the code in each subsystem.
+
 comment "libevas loaders"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_PNG
diff --git a/package/efl/efl.mk b/package/efl/efl.mk
index 853c9dcb56..80387393fe 100644
--- a/package/efl/efl.mk
+++ b/package/efl/efl.mk
@@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ else
 EFL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-wayland
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_ELPUT),y)
+EFL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-elput
+EFL_DEPENDENCIES += libinput libxkbcommon
+else
+EFL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-elput
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_FB),y)
 EFL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-fb
 else