diff --git a/local/recipes/system/evdevd/source/src/main.rs b/local/recipes/system/evdevd/source/src/main.rs
index 2c10cfd5e4..34ea2f4efa 100644
--- a/local/recipes/system/evdevd/source/src/main.rs
+++ b/local/recipes/system/evdevd/source/src/main.rs
@@ -60,11 +60,18 @@ struct InputConsumer {
 
 impl InputConsumer {
     fn open() -> Result<Self, String> {
+        // Open the RAW device tap, not the console consumer. The raw tap gives us
+        // the pre-keymap event stream for every device event regardless of the
+        // active VT — the Linux `evdev` contract that libinput/xkbcommon expect.
+        // Reading the plain `/scheme/input/consumer` instead (the old wiring)
+        // handed evdevd keymapped, VT-gated events: it only saw input while its
+        // own VT was foregrounded and the `character` had already been mapped,
+        // which is wrong for a Wayland/libinput feed.
         let file = OpenOptions::new()
             .read(true)
             .custom_flags(O_NONBLOCK as i32)
-            .open("/scheme/input/consumer")
-            .map_err(|e| format!("failed to open /scheme/input/consumer: {e}"))?;
+            .open("/scheme/input/consumer_raw")
+            .map_err(|e| format!("failed to open /scheme/input/consumer_raw: {e}"))?;
 
         Ok(Self {
             file,
@@ -253,7 +260,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), String> {
     redox_scheme::scheme::register_sync_scheme(&socket, "evdev", &mut scheme)
         .map_err(|e| format!("failed to register evdev scheme: {}", e))?;
     info!("evdevd: registered scheme:evdev");
-    info!("evdevd: consuming orbclient::Event from /scheme/input/consumer");
+    info!("evdevd: consuming raw orbclient::Event from /scheme/input/consumer_raw");
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "redox")]
     {
diff --git a/local/sources/base b/local/sources/base
index 2d03559d14..bd5e3db32a 160000
--- a/local/sources/base
+++ b/local/sources/base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2d03559d14a3b549f65e58cab6450f881065f06e
+Subproject commit bd5e3db32a3c72f530960fcf726d0219b8161d78