diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
index 3b4e3233d554..61c8095911f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "04mwl1v51b785h7q3v23hahr0qzr48qq1jzj7d3msjvgh97nr8v4";
   };
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "bin" ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
     (mkFlag documentationSupport "documentation")
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (mkFlag testsSupport "tests")
   ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    mesonFlags="$mesonFlags --libexecdir=$bin/libexec"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig meson ninja ]
     ++ optionals documentationSupport [ doxygen graphviz ]
     ++ optionals testsSupport [ check valgrind python3Packages.pyparsing ];