diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 13083eb..4748c83 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 >= 1.10] xproto [inputproto >= 2.2])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBINPUT, [libinput >= 0.6.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBINPUT, [libinput >= 0.7.0])
 
 # Define a configure option for an alternate input module directory
 AC_ARG_WITH(xorg-module-dir,