diff --git a/package/libxkbcommon/Config.in b/package/libxkbcommon/Config.in
index 4e73a24abb..e9f61227a0 100644
--- a/package/libxkbcommon/Config.in
+++ b/package/libxkbcommon/Config.in
@@ -7,3 +7,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON
 	  specification.
 
 	  https://xkbcommon.org
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON_TOOLS
+	bool "tools"
+	help
+	  Tools: xkbcli, xkbcli-compile-keymap, xkbcli-how-to-type,
+	  xkbcli-interactive-evdev, xkbcli-interactive-x11,
+	  xkbcli-interactive-wayland
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.hash b/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.hash
index c00fffe706..fff2b7a943 100644
--- a/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.hash
+++ b/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2021-September/041976.html
-sha256  b3c710d27a2630054e1e1399c85b7f330ef03359b460f0c1b3b587fd01fe9234  libxkbcommon-1.3.1.tar.xz
+# From https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2022-February/042104.html
+sha256  106cec5263f9100a7e79b5f7220f889bc78e7d7ffc55d2b6fdb1efefb8024031  libxkbcommon-1.4.0.tar.xz
 
 # License file:
 sha256  086caee279449369d41c1157911ec7696e707b93feba7280de757d3c470b2dfb  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.mk b/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.mk
index ee2bc1ee99..f2c49cc700 100644
--- a/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.mk
+++ b/package/libxkbcommon/libxkbcommon.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBXKBCOMMON_VERSION = 1.3.1
+LIBXKBCOMMON_VERSION = 1.4.0
 LIBXKBCOMMON_SITE = https://xkbcommon.org/download
 LIBXKBCOMMON_SOURCE = libxkbcommon-$(LIBXKBCOMMON_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBXKBCOMMON_LICENSE = MIT/X11
@@ -23,4 +23,10 @@ else
 LIBXKBCOMMON_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-x11=false
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON_TOOLS),y)
+LIBXKBCOMMON_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-tools=true
+else
+LIBXKBCOMMON_CONF_OPTS += -Denable-tools=false
+endif
+
 $(eval $(meson-package))