diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
index 553bb9463ede..d39a71e16da9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 , libevdev, mtdev, udev, libwacom
 , documentationSupport ? false, doxygen ? null, graphviz ? null # Documentation
 , eventGUISupport ? false, cairo ? null, glib ? null, gtk3 ? null # GUI event viewer support
-, testsSupport ? false, check ? null, valgrind ? null
+, testsSupport ? false, check ? null, valgrind ? null, python3Packages ? null
 }:
 
 assert documentationSupport -> doxygen != null && graphviz != null;
 assert eventGUISupport -> cairo != null && glib != null && gtk3 != null;
-assert testsSupport -> check != null && valgrind != null;
+assert testsSupport -> check != null && valgrind != null && python3Packages != null;
 
 let
   mkFlag = optSet: flag: "-D${flag}=${stdenv.lib.boolToString optSet}";
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig meson ninja ]
     ++ optionals documentationSupport [ doxygen graphviz ]
-    ++ optionals testsSupport [ check valgrind ];
+    ++ optionals testsSupport [ check valgrind python3Packages.pyparsing ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libevdev mtdev libwacom ]
     ++ optionals eventGUISupport [ cairo glib gtk3 ];
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./udev-absolute-path.patch ];
 
+   preBuild = ''
+    # meson setup-hook changes the directory so the files are located one level up
+    patchShebangs ../udev/parse_hwdb.py
+    patchShebangs ../test/symbols-leak-test.in
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = testsSupport;
+
+  checkPhase = "meson test";
+
   meta = {
     description = "Handles input devices in Wayland compositors and provides a generic X.Org input driver";
     homepage    = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput;