diff --git a/package/x11r7/xapp_xinput/xapp_xinput.hash b/package/x11r7/xapp_xinput/xapp_xinput.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8f6b702d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/x11r7/xapp_xinput/xapp_xinput.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2013-September/002321.html
+sha256	b7632d0f228a8a6be93b09857ea413940fcf44091e60f4a0fe9f5fd82efd871f	xinput-1.6.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/x11r7/xapp_xinput/xapp_xinput.mk b/package/x11r7/xapp_xinput/xapp_xinput.mk
index 790f2c0af8..099408b252 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xapp_xinput/xapp_xinput.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xapp_xinput/xapp_xinput.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-XAPP_XINPUT_VERSION = 1.6.0
+XAPP_XINPUT_VERSION = 1.6.1
 XAPP_XINPUT_SOURCE = xinput-$(XAPP_XINPUT_VERSION).tar.bz2
 XAPP_XINPUT_SITE = http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app
 XAPP_XINPUT_LICENSE = MIT