diff --git a/xorg/libevdev/build b/xorg/libevdev/build
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index 00000000..0cccff6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xorg/libevdev/build
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --disable-gcov
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/xorg/libevdev/checksums b/xorg/libevdev/checksums
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index 00000000..6c8c5ff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xorg/libevdev/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+11dbe1f2b1d03a51f3e9a196757a75c3a999042ce34cf1fdc00a2363e5a2e369  libevdev-1.7.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/xorg/libevdev/depends b/xorg/libevdev/depends
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index 00000000..0efd8dbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xorg/libevdev/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+linux-headers make
+python        make
diff --git a/xorg/libevdev/sources b/xorg/libevdev/sources
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index 00000000..4b4c6752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xorg/libevdev/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/libevdev-1.7.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/xorg/libevdev/version b/xorg/libevdev/version
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index 00000000..abd32472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xorg/libevdev/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.7.0 1