diff --git a/local/recipes/libs/libinput/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/libs/libinput/recipe.toml
index 4dc28b0d57..c8fd90be14 100644
--- a/local/recipes/libs/libinput/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/libs/libinput/recipe.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ mesonflags = [
     "-Ddebug-gui=false",
     "-Dtests=false",
     "-Ddocumentation=false",
+    # Lua plugin support pulls in a lua-5.4 dependency that is not in the Redox
+    # sysroot (and meson's cmake fallback probe also fails); the plugin system is
+    # optional, so disable it to unblock the build.
+    "-Dlua-plugins=disabled",
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "libevdev",