diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f62a33e..0f9cb01 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
 
 # Obtain compiler/linker options from server and required extensions
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XORG, [xorg-server >= 1.18] xproto [inputproto >= 2.1.99.3])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(UDEV, libudev)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(UDEV, libudev, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBUDEV, 1,[libudev support])])
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBEVDEV, [libevdev >= 0.4])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MTDEV, mtdev)
diff --git a/src/evdev.c b/src/evdev.c
index 92fc330..b9555ef 100644
--- a/src/evdev.c
+++ b/src/evdev.c
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
 #include <X11/extensions/XI.h>
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBUDEV
 #include <libudev.h>
+#endif
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@ EvdevIsDuplicate(InputInfoPtr pInfo)
 static BOOL
 EvdevDeviceIsVirtual(const char* devicenode)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBUDEV
     struct udev *udev = NULL;
     struct udev_device *device = NULL;
     struct stat st;
@@ -255,6 +258,9 @@ out:
     udev_device_unref(device);
     udev_unref(udev);
     return rc;
+#else
+    return FALSE;
+#endif
 }