diff --git a/clutter.spec b/clutter.spec
index cba2ce3..008b50b 100644
--- a/clutter.spec
+++ b/clutter.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Name:          clutter
 Version:       1.16.2
-Release:       3%{?dist}
+Release:       4%{?dist}
 Summary:       Open Source software library for creating rich graphical user interfaces
 
 Group:         Development/Libraries
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Patch0: clutter-1.16.0-fix-evdev-touchpad.patch
 Patch1: 0001-Bind-constraints-Don-t-force-redraws-on-source-relay.patch
 Patch2: 0002-Don-t-queue-redraws-when-reallocating-actor-that-hav.patch
 Patch3: 0001-ClutterStageCogl-Ignore-a-clip-the-size-of-the-stage.patch
+# Upstream 3cd9a70fea1ccf795419a1726c7c279b0aaf237e
+Patch4: libevdev_deprecated_api.patch
 
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel mesa-libGL-devel pkgconfig pango-devel
 BuildRequires: cairo-gobject-devel gdk-pixbuf2-devel atk-devel
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ BuildRequires: libXcomposite-devel
 BuildRequires: libXdamage-devel
 BuildRequires: libXi-devel
 BuildRequires: libevdev-devel
+# Temporary for autoreconf
+BuildRequires: gettext-devel
 Requires:      gobject-introspection
 %if %{with_wayland}
 BuildRequires: libgudev1-devel
@@ -88,8 +92,12 @@ This package contains documentation for clutter.
 %patch1 -p1 -b .redraws1
 %patch2 -p1 -b .redraws2
 %patch3 -p1 -b .redraws3
+%patch4 -p1 -b .evdev_deprecated
 
 %build
+# needed for patch1, autogen.sh is not enough due to divergent autoconf
+# versions at present - adamw 2013/12
+autoreconf -i
 (if ! test -x configure; then NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh; CONFIGFLAGS=--enable-gtk-doc; fi;
  %configure $CONFIGFLAGS \
 	--enable-xinput \
@@ -139,6 +147,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/cally
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 26 2013 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 1.16.2-4
+- backport upstream patch to stop using deprecated libevdev functions
+
 * Mon Dec  9 2013 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 1.16.2-3
 - A followup fix to the previous changes