diff --git a/.github/workflows/freebsd.yml b/.github/workflows/freebsd.yml
index 2fde6107..f02c9b57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/freebsd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/freebsd.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ jobs:
           export CPPFLAGS=-isystem/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib # sndio
           sed -i '' 's/quarterly/latest/' /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
           pkg install -y git #  subprojects/date
-          pkg install -y gtk-layer-shell gtkmm30 jsoncpp libdbusmenu sndio \
-               libfmt libmpdclient libudev-devd meson pkgconf pulseaudio scdoc spdlog
+          pkg install -y evdev-proto gtk-layer-shell gtkmm30 jsoncpp libdbusmenu \
+            libevdev libfmt libmpdclient libudev-devd meson pkgconf pulseaudio \
+            scdoc sndio spdlog
         run: |
           meson build -Dman-pages=enabled
           ninja -C build