diff --git a/weston.changes b/weston.changes
index d972aa6..be4e722 100644
--- a/weston.changes
+++ b/weston.changes
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Tue Jul 22 08:07:12 UTC 2015 - sor.alexei@meowr.ru
 * xwayland: fix fullscreening
 * xwm: fix a crash in handle_state
 * zoom: Check the value of level before using it.
+- Disable libinput backend for now as it requires libinput < 0.8.0.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 19 20:38:34 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
diff --git a/weston.spec b/weston.spec
index 42880a2..0701bb7 100644
--- a/weston.spec
+++ b/weston.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package weston
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(lcms2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libdrm) >= 2.4.30
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libffi)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libinput) >= 0.6.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsystemd-login) >= 198
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libudev) >= 136
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libwebp)
@@ -108,9 +107,10 @@ to develop plugins for Weston.
 	autoreconf -fi
 #fi
 # Ensure people will use pkgconfig to locate headers.
+# libinput backend is disabled for now as it requires libinput < 0.8.0.
 # Implicit enable-libunwind would make the tests run endlessly on i586.
 %configure --disable-static --includedir="%_includedir/pkg/%name" \
-	--disable-setuid-install --disable-libunwind
+	--disable-setuid-install --disable-libinput-backend --disable-libunwind
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install