diff --git a/meta-cedartrail/conf/machine/cedartrail.conf b/meta-cedartrail/conf/machine/cedartrail.conf
index 4d77b042..dbd7d956 100644
--- a/meta-cedartrail/conf/machine/cedartrail.conf
+++ b/meta-cedartrail/conf/machine/cedartrail.conf
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_IA32_BASE} \
            "
 PREFERRED_VERSION_xserver-xorg ?= "1.9.3"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_mesa-dri ?= "7.11"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_xf86-input-evdev ?= "2.6.0"
 
 SYSLINUX_OPTS = "serial 0 115200"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"