diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/meson.build b/hw/xfree86/common/meson.build
index 514999ff6..3e617dc36 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/meson.build
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/meson.build
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ xorg_sdk_headers = [
     'xaarop.h',
 ]
 
+fallback_driver = get_option('fallback_input_driver')
+if fallback_driver == 'auto'
+    if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
+        fallback_driver = 'libinput'
+    else
+        fallback_driver = ''
+    endif
+endif
+
 if build_dga
     srcs_xorg_common += 'xf86DGA.c'
     xorg_sdk_headers += 'dgaproc.h'
@@ -87,7 +96,10 @@ xorg_common = static_library('xorg_common',
         pciaccess_dep,
         libdrm_dep,
     ],
-    c_args: xorg_c_args,
+    c_args: [
+        xorg_c_args,
+        '-DFALLBACK_INPUT_DRIVER="@0@"'.format(fallback_driver)
+    ],
 )
 
 install_data(xorg_sdk_headers, install_dir: xorgsdkdir)
diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
index 52fb837b9..13ca1f8f8 100644
--- a/include/meson.build
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ conf_data.set('_GNU_SOURCE', '1')
 # ifdef for openbsd?
 conf_data.set('HAS_APERTURE_DRV', host_machine.system() == 'openbsd')
 
-# XXX: FALLBACK_INPUT_DRIVER
 # XXX: BUNDLE_ID_PREFIX
 conf_data.set_quoted('OSNAME', 'Linux') # XXX
 conf_data.set('HAVE_INPUTTHREAD', '1') # XXX
@@ -329,7 +328,6 @@ xorg_data.set_quoted('DEFAULT_XDG_DATA_HOME', '.local/share')
 xorg_data.set_quoted('DEFAULT_XDG_DATA_HOME_LOGDIR', 'xorg')
 xorg_data.set_quoted('DEFAULT_LOGDIR', log_dir)
 xorg_data.set_quoted('DEFAULT_LOGPREFIX', 'Xorg.')
-xorg_data.set_quoted('FALLBACK_INPUT_DRIVER', 'libinput')
 xorg_data.set_quoted('DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), module_dir))
 xorg_data.set_quoted('DEFAULT_LIBRARY_PATH', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir')))
 xorg_data.set_quoted('__XSERVERNAME__', 'Xorg')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 3453b8df5..8c600f398 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ option('xkb_default_layout', type: 'string', value: 'us')
 option('xkb_default_variant', type: 'string')
 option('xkb_default_options', type: 'string')
 
+option('fallback_input_driver', type: 'string', value: 'auto')
+
 option('vendor_name', type: 'string', value: 'The X.Org Foundation')
 option('vendor_name_short', type: 'string', value: 'X.Org')
 option('vendor_web', type: 'string', value: 'http://wiki.x.org')