diff --git c/x11/libinput/Makefile w/x11/libinput/Makefile
index 9ddabdf2dd53..b06af5952648 100644
--- c/x11/libinput/Makefile
+++ w/x11/libinput/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,46 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	libinput
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.12.1
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 MASTER_SITES=	http://freedesktop.org/software/${PORTNAME}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	x11@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Generic input library
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	v4l_compat>=0:multimedia/v4l_compat
+LICENSE=	MIT
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
+
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}evdev>0:devel/py-evdev@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyudev>0:devel/py-pyudev@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libevdev.so:devel/libevdev \
 		libepoll-shim.so:devel/libepoll-shim \
-		libwacom.so:x11/libwacom \
 		libudev.so:devel/libudev-devd \
 		libmtdev.so:devel/libmtdev
 
-USES=		autoreconf gmake libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DEBUG_GUI LIBWACOM
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=LIBWACOM
+OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/libepoll-shim
-INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
+DEBUG_GUI_DESC=	Build the GUI event viewer
+LIBWACOM_DESC=	Libwacom support
 
-post-patch:
-	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|program_invocation_short_name|getprogname()|' \
-	    ${WRKSRC}/tools/libinput-list-devices.c \
-	    ${WRKSRC}/tools/ptraccel-debug.c ${WRKSRC}/tools/shared.c
+DEBUG_GUI_USES=		gnome
+DEBUG_GUI_USE=		GNOME=gtk30,glib20,cairo
+DEBUG_GUI_MESON_TRUE=	debug-gui
+LIBWACOM_LIB_DEPENDS=	libwacom.so:x11/libwacom
+LIBWACOM_MESON_TRUE=	libwacom
+
+USES=			localbase meson pkgconfig python:3.4+,run shebangfix tar:xz
+USE_LDCONFIG=		yes
+
+MESON_ARGS+=	-Ddocumentation=false -Dtests=false
+
+python_OLD_CMD=	"/usr/bin/env python3"
+SHEBANG_FILES=	tools/libinput-measure-fuzz.py \
+		tools/libinput-measure-touch-size.py \
+		tools/libinput-measure-touchpad-pressure.py \
+		tools/libinput-measure-touchpad-tap.py \
+		tools/libinput-replay
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git c/x11/libinput/distinfo w/x11/libinput/distinfo
index 6b4217e50efe..e25e42164b70 100644
--- c/x11/libinput/distinfo
+++ w/x11/libinput/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1486789508
-SHA256 (libinput-1.6.0.tar.xz) = b7534f518d735c643aedca2fb4694683dfddc8d0600cfb628c87a18e65255832
-SIZE (libinput-1.6.0.tar.xz) = 927656
+TIMESTAMP = 1539515768
+SHA256 (libinput-1.12.1.tar.xz) = 570c48cc7b744b9b4da711ed0c5e8c3de132484684b0c4f0309a9a83df5e8692
+SIZE (libinput-1.12.1.tar.xz) = 520072
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-Makefile.am w/x11/libinput/files/patch-Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index b8a4db09214e..000000000000
--- c/x11/libinput/files/patch-Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.am.orig	2017-02-11 05:10:33 UTC
-+++ Makefile.am
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--SUBDIRS = src doc test tools udev
-+SUBDIRS = src doc tools udev
- 
- ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
- 
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-include_linux_input.h w/x11/libinput/files/patch-include_linux_input.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c53abdf8dc32..000000000000
--- c/x11/libinput/files/patch-include_linux_input.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
---- include/linux/input.h.orig	2016-12-05 05:15:21 UTC
-+++ include/linux/input.h
-@@ -11,7 +11,17 @@
- #include <sys/time.h>
- #include <sys/ioctl.h>
- #include <sys/types.h>
-+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
-+#define __u8 uint8_t
-+#define __u16 uint16_t
-+#define __u32 uint32_t
-+#define __s16 int16_t
-+#define __s32 int32_t
-+#define _IOC_READ IOC_OUT
-+#define _IOC_WRITE IOC_IN
-+#else
- #include <linux/types.h>
-+#endif
- 
- /*
-  * The event structure itself
-@@ -132,7 +142,7 @@ struct input_keymap_entry {
-  *
-  * If the request code is not an ABS_MT value, -EINVAL is returned.
-  */
--#define EVIOCGMTSLOTS(len)	_IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x0a, len)
-+#define EVIOCGMTSLOTS(len)	_IOC(IOC_INOUT, 'E', 0x0a, len)
- 
- #define EVIOCGKEY(len)		_IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x18, len)		/* get global key state */
- #define EVIOCGLED(len)		_IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x19, len)		/* get all LEDs */
-@@ -147,7 +157,7 @@ struct input_keymap_entry {
- #define EVIOCRMFF		_IOW('E', 0x81, int)			/* Erase a force effect */
- #define EVIOCGEFFECTS		_IOR('E', 0x84, int)			/* Report number of effects playable at the same time */
- 
--#define EVIOCGRAB		_IOW('E', 0x90, int)			/* Grab/Release device */
-+#define EVIOCGRAB		_IO('E', 0x90)				/* Grab/Release device */
- #define EVIOCREVOKE		_IOW('E', 0x91, int)			/* Revoke device access */
- 
- #define EVIOCSCLOCKID		_IOW('E', 0xa0, int)			/* Set clockid to be used for timestamps */
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_Makefile.am w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ba6f7bbfaa2..000000000000
--- c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
---- src/Makefile.am.orig	2017-02-11 05:10:33 UTC
-+++ src/Makefile.am
-@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ libinput_la_LIBADD = $(MTDEV_LIBS) \
- 		     $(LIBUDEV_LIBS) \
- 		     $(LIBEVDEV_LIBS) \
- 		     $(LIBWACOM_LIBS) \
-+		     -lepoll-shim \
- 		     libinput-util.la
- 
- libinput_la_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
-@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ libfilter_la_SOURCES = \
- 	filter.c \
- 	filter.h \
- 	filter-private.h
--libfilter_la_LIBADD =
--libfilter_la_CFLAGS =
-+libfilter_la_LIBADD = $(LIBUDEV_LIBS)
-+libfilter_la_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS)
- 
- libinput_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info $(LIBINPUT_LT_VERSION) -shared \
- 		      -Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libinput.sym
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_evdev.c w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_evdev.c
index 65fd54de6be3..33677f42f057 100644
--- c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_evdev.c
+++ w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_evdev.c
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
---- src/evdev.c.orig	2017-01-19 21:36:55 UTC
+--- src/evdev.c.orig	2017-11-28 05:13:06 UTC
 +++ src/evdev.c
-@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
+@@ -900,6 +900,17 @@ evdev_device_dispatch(void *data)
  
- #include "config.h"
- 
-+#include <sys/stat.h>
-+
- #include <errno.h>
- #include <stdbool.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
+ 	if (rc != -EAGAIN && rc != -EINTR) {
+ 		libinput_remove_source(libinput, device->source);
++		/*
++		 * Dirty hack to allow cuse-based evdev backends to release
++		 * character device file when device has been detached
++		 * but still have it descriptor opened.
++		 * Issuing evdev_device_suspend() here leads to SIGSEGV
++		 */
++		int dummy_fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
++		if (dummy_fd >= 0) {
++			dup2(dummy_fd, device->fd);
++			close(dummy_fd);
++		}
+ 		device->source = NULL;
+ 	}
+ }
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_evdev.c.fixdrop w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_evdev.c.fixdrop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be44399da160
--- /dev/null
+++ w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_evdev.c.fixdrop
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/evdev.c.orig	2018-01-09 14:24:49.267512000 +0100
++++ src/evdev.c	2018-01-09 15:30:29.793735000 +0100
+@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@
+ 		evdev_device_dispatch_one(device, &ev);
+ 	} while (rc == LIBEVDEV_READ_STATUS_SYNC);
+ 
+-	return rc == -EAGAIN ? 0 : rc;
++	return (rc == -EAGAIN || rc == -EINVAL)? 0 : rc;
+ }
+ 
+ static void
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_evdev.c.reopen w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_evdev.c.reopen
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3614f55eb237
--- /dev/null
+++ w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_evdev.c.reopen
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+When a process without full /dev/input access enumerates devices via libudev-devd,
+the udev_device structs do not get udev properties that mark them as inputs, keyboards, etc,
+and get rejected as not being input devices.
+
+libinput reopens devices just to check path equality.
+The udev_devices from reopening do have the right properties,
+so we just use them instead of the original (enumerated) ones.
+
+--- src/evdev.c.orig	2018-01-22 17:01:09.674204000 +0300
++++ src/evdev.c	2018-01-22 17:01:13.622330000 +0300
+@@ -1723,9 +1723,9 @@
+ }
+ 
+ static bool
+-evdev_device_have_same_syspath(struct udev_device *udev_device, int fd)
++evdev_device_have_same_syspath(struct udev_device **udev_device, int fd, bool reopen)
+ {
+-	struct udev *udev = udev_device_get_udev(udev_device);
++	struct udev *udev = udev_device_get_udev(*udev_device);
+ 	struct udev_device *udev_device_new = NULL;
+ 	struct stat st;
+ 	bool rc = false;
+@@ -1738,10 +1738,16 @@
+ 		goto out;
+ 
+ 	rc = streq(udev_device_get_syspath(udev_device_new),
+-		   udev_device_get_syspath(udev_device));
++		   udev_device_get_syspath(*udev_device));
+ out:
+-	if (udev_device_new)
+-		udev_device_unref(udev_device_new);
++	if (udev_device_new) {
++		if (reopen) {
++			udev_device_unref(*udev_device);
++			*udev_device = udev_device_new;
++		} else {
++			udev_device_unref(udev_device_new);
++		}
++	}
+ 	return rc;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -1920,7 +1926,7 @@
+ 		return NULL;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	if (!evdev_device_have_same_syspath(udev_device, fd))
++	if (!evdev_device_have_same_syspath(&udev_device, fd, true))
+ 		goto err;
+ 
+ 	device = zalloc(sizeof *device);
+@@ -2424,7 +2430,7 @@
+ 	if (fd < 0)
+ 		return -errno;
+ 
+-	if (!evdev_device_have_same_syspath(device->udev_device, fd)) {
++	if (!evdev_device_have_same_syspath(&device->udev_device, fd, false)) {
+ 		close_restricted(libinput, fd);
+ 		return -ENODEV;
+ 	}
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_libinput-private.h w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_libinput-private.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b79754ff6f7a..000000000000
--- c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_libinput-private.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- src/libinput-private.h.orig	2017-01-18 04:32:06 UTC
-+++ src/libinput-private.h
-@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
- 
- #include <errno.h>
- #include <math.h>
-+#include <stdarg.h>
- 
- #include "linux/input.h"
- 
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_libinput-util.c w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_libinput-util.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5344b4b97325..000000000000
--- c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_libinput-util.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- src/libinput-util.c.orig	2017-01-17 04:53:51 UTC
-+++ src/libinput-util.c
-@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
- #include <stdbool.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
-+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
-+#include <xlocale.h>
-+#endif
- 
- #include "libinput-util.h"
- #include "libinput-private.h"
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_libinput.h w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_libinput.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 93d44ece6082..000000000000
--- c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_libinput.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- src/libinput.h.orig	2017-01-19 05:27:32 UTC
-+++ src/libinput.h
-@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
- extern "C" {
- #endif
- 
-+#include <stdarg.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <stdint.h>
- #include <libudev.h>
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_path-seat.c w/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_path-seat.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e4c6edc01c29..000000000000
--- c/x11/libinput/files/patch-src_path-seat.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- src/path-seat.c.orig	2017-01-19 05:27:32 UTC
-+++ src/path-seat.c
-@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
- 
- #include "config.h"
- 
-+#include <sys/stat.h>
-+
- #include <errno.h>
- #include <fcntl.h>
- #include <string.h>
--#include <sys/stat.h>
- #include <libudev.h>
- 
- #include "path-seat.h"
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-tools_Makefile.am w/x11/libinput/files/patch-tools_Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 65884b04fd3a..000000000000
--- c/x11/libinput/files/patch-tools_Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
---- tools/Makefile.am.orig	2017-02-11 05:10:33 UTC
-+++ tools/Makefile.am
-@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ AM_CXXFLAGS = $(GCC_CXXFLAGS)
- libshared_la_SOURCES = \
- 		       shared.c \
- 		       shared.h
--libshared_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LIBEVDEV_CFLAGS)
--libshared_la_LIBADD = $(LIBEVDEV_LIBS)
-+libshared_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LIBEVDEV_CFLAGS) $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS)
-+libshared_la_LIBADD = $(LIBEVDEV_LIBS) $(LIBUDEV_LIBS)
- 
- event_debug_SOURCES = event-debug.c
- event_debug_LDADD = ../src/libinput.la libshared.la $(LIBUDEV_LIBS) $(LIBEVDEV_LIBS)
-@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ event_debug_LDFLAGS = -no-install
- event_debug_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS) $(LIBEVDEV_CFLAGS)
- 
- ptraccel_debug_SOURCES = ptraccel-debug.c
--ptraccel_debug_LDADD = ../src/libfilter.la ../src/libinput.la
-+ptraccel_debug_LDADD = ../src/libfilter.la ../src/libinput.la $(LIBUDEV_LIBS)
- ptraccel_debug_LDFLAGS = -no-install
-+ptraccel_debug_CFLAGS = $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS)
- 
- libinput_list_devices_SOURCES = libinput-list-devices.c
- libinput_list_devices_LDADD = ../src/libinput.la libshared.la $(LIBUDEV_LIBS)
diff --git c/x11/libinput/files/patch-udev_Makefile.am w/x11/libinput/files/patch-udev_Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 6572e9447b43..000000000000
--- c/x11/libinput/files/patch-udev_Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- udev/Makefile.am.orig	2017-02-11 05:10:33 UTC
-+++ udev/Makefile.am
-@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ endif
- 
- libinput_model_quirks_SOURCES = libinput-model-quirks.c
- libinput_model_quirks_CFLAGS = \
-+			       -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
- 			       -I$(top_srcdir)/src \
- 			       $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS) \
- 			       $(GCC_CFLAGS)
diff --git c/x11/libinput/pkg-plist w/x11/libinput/pkg-plist
index c1bccf3c871c..886e94cba25e 100644
--- c/x11/libinput/pkg-plist
+++ w/x11/libinput/pkg-plist
@@ -1,14 +1,56 @@
-bin/libinput-debug-events
-bin/libinput-list-devices
+bin/libinput
 include/libinput.h
 lib/libinput.so
 lib/libinput.so.10
-lib/libinput.so.10.11.2
-lib/udev/hwdb.d/90-libinput-model-quirks.hwdb
-lib/udev/libinput-device-group
-lib/udev/libinput-model-quirks
-lib/udev/rules.d/80-libinput-device-groups.rules
-lib/udev/rules.d/90-libinput-model-quirks.rules
+lib/libinput.so.10.13.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/libinput.pc
+libexec/libinput/libinput-debug-events
+%%DEBUG_GUI%%libexec/libinput/libinput-debug-gui
+libexec/libinput/libinput-list-devices
+libexec/libinput/libinput-measure
+libexec/libinput/libinput-measure-fuzz
+libexec/libinput/libinput-measure-touch-size
+libexec/libinput/libinput-measure-touchpad-pressure
+libexec/libinput/libinput-measure-touchpad-tap
+libexec/libinput/libinput-quirks
+libexec/libinput/libinput-record
+libexec/libinput/libinput-replay
 man/man1/libinput-debug-events.1.gz
+%%DEBUG_GUI%%man/man1/libinput-debug-gui.1.gz
 man/man1/libinput-list-devices.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput-measure-fuzz.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput-measure-touch-size.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput-measure-touchpad-pressure.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput-measure-touchpad-tap.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput-measure.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput-quirks-list.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput-quirks-validate.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput-quirks.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput-record.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput-replay.1.gz
+man/man1/libinput.1.gz
+%%DATADIR%%/10-generic-keyboard.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/10-generic-lid.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/10-generic-trackball.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-aiptek.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-alps.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-cyapa.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-elantech.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-huion.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-ibm.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-kensington.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-logitech.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-microsoft.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-razer.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-synaptics.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/30-vendor-wacom.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/50-system-acer.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/50-system-apple.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/50-system-asus.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/50-system-chicony.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/50-system-cyborg.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/50-system-dell.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/50-system-google.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/50-system-hp.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/50-system-lenovo.quirks
+%%DATADIR%%/50-system-system76.quirks