diff --git a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 7936e3a42..cb25cc4d4 100644
--- a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ target_link_libraries(
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
     target_link_libraries(ui PRIVATE X11::X11)
+    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+    pkg_check_modules(LIBEVDEV IMPORTED_TARGET libevdev)
+    if (LIBEVDEV_FOUND)
+        target_compile_definitions(ui PRIVATE EVDEV_INPUT)
+        target_link_libraries(ui PUBLIC PkgConfig::LIBEVDEV)
+        target_sources(ui PRIVATE evdev_mouse.cpp)
+    endif()
 
     find_package(ECM NO_MODULE)
     if (ECM_FOUND)
diff --git a/src/qt/evdev_mouse.cpp b/src/qt/evdev_mouse.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb4cd4ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qt/evdev_mouse.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#include "evdev_mouse.hpp"
+#include <libevdev/libevdev.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <string>
+#include <tuple>
+
+#include <QThread>
+
+extern "C"
+{
+#include <86box/86box.h>
+#include <86box/plat.h>
+#include <86box/mouse.h>
+}
+
+static std::vector<std::pair<int, libevdev*>> evdev_mice;
+static std::atomic<bool> stopped = false;
+static QThread* evdev_thread;
+
+static std::atomic<int> evdev_mouse_rel_x = 0, evdev_mouse_rel_y = 0;
+
+void evdev_mouse_poll()
+{
+    if (!evdev_mice.size() || !mouse_capture)
+    {
+        evdev_mouse_rel_x = 0;
+        evdev_mouse_rel_y = 0;
+        return;
+    }
+    mouse_x = evdev_mouse_rel_x;
+    mouse_y = evdev_mouse_rel_y;
+    evdev_mouse_rel_x = evdev_mouse_rel_y = 0;
+}
+
+void evdev_thread_func()
+{
+    while (!stopped)
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < evdev_mice.size(); i++)
+        {
+            struct input_event ev;
+            int rc = libevdev_next_event(evdev_mice[i].second, LIBEVDEV_READ_FLAG_NORMAL, &ev);
+            if (rc == 0 && ev.type == EV_REL && mouse_capture)
+            {
+                if (ev.code == REL_X) evdev_mouse_rel_x += ev.value;
+                if (ev.code == REL_Y) evdev_mouse_rel_y += ev.value;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < evdev_mice.size(); i++)
+    {
+        libevdev_free(evdev_mice[i].second);
+        close(evdev_mice[i].first);
+    }
+    evdev_mice.clear();
+}
+
+void evdev_stop()
+{
+    stopped = true;
+    evdev_thread->wait();
+}
+
+void evdev_init()
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
+    {
+        std::string evdev_device_path = "/dev/input/event" + std::to_string(i);
+        int fd = open(evdev_device_path.c_str(), O_NONBLOCK | O_RDONLY);
+        if (fd != -1)
+        {
+            libevdev* input_struct = nullptr;
+            int rc = libevdev_new_from_fd(fd, &input_struct);
+            if (rc <= -1)
+            {
+                close(fd);
+                continue;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (!libevdev_has_event_type(input_struct, EV_REL) || !libevdev_has_event_code(input_struct, EV_KEY, BTN_LEFT))
+                {
+                    libevdev_free(input_struct);
+                    close(fd);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                evdev_mice.push_back(std::make_pair(fd, input_struct));
+            }
+        }
+        else if (errno == ENOENT) break;
+    }
+    if (evdev_mice.size() != 0)
+    {
+        evdev_thread = QThread::create(evdev_thread_func);
+        evdev_thread->start();
+        atexit(evdev_stop);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/qt/evdev_mouse.hpp b/src/qt/evdev_mouse.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7681771c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qt/evdev_mouse.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#ifdef EVDEV_INPUT
+void evdev_init();
+void evdev_mouse_poll();
+#endif
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.hpp b/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.hpp
index 3a47c6284..916e52141 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.hpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_hardwarerenderer.hpp
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ public:
     : QOpenGLWidget(parent), QOpenGLFunctions()
     {
         setMinimumSize(16, 16);
-#ifdef WAYLAND
-        if (QApplication::platformName().contains("wayland")) {
-            wayland = true;
-            wl_init();
-        }
-#endif
     }
     ~HardwareRenderer()
     {
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp b/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp
index b1c1bde5f..fed414d12 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include "qt_softwarerenderer.hpp"
 #include "qt_hardwarerenderer.hpp"
 
+#include "evdev_mouse.hpp"
+
 #include <QScreen>
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
@@ -25,6 +27,16 @@ RendererStack::RendererStack(QWidget *parent) :
     imagebufs = QVector<QImage>(2);
     imagebufs[0] = QImage{QSize(2048 + 64, 2048 + 64), QImage::Format_RGB32};
     imagebufs[1] = QImage{QSize(2048 + 64, 2048 + 64), QImage::Format_RGB32};
+#ifdef WAYLAND
+    if (QApplication::platformName().contains("wayland")) {
+        wl_init();
+    }
+#endif
+#ifdef EVDEV_INPUT
+    if (QApplication::platformName() == "xcb" || QApplication::platformName() == "eglfs") {
+        evdev_init();
+    }
+#endif
 }
 
 RendererStack::~RendererStack()
@@ -67,6 +79,9 @@ void RendererStack::mousePoll()
     if (QApplication::platformName().contains("wayland"))
         wl_mouse_poll();
 #endif
+#ifdef EVDEV_INPUT
+    evdev_mouse_poll();
+#endif
 #endif
 }