diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/qeglfsintegration.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/qeglfsintegration.cpp
index b485eba050..a42f685a38 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/qeglfsintegration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/qeglfsintegration.cpp
@@ -45,10 +45,16 @@
 #include "qeglfsbackingstore.h"
 #include "qeglfshooks.h"
 
+#include <QtGui/private/qguiapplication_p.h>
+
 #include <QtPlatformSupport/private/qgenericunixfontdatabase_p.h>
 #include <QtPlatformSupport/private/qgenericunixeventdispatcher_p.h>
 #include <QtPlatformSupport/private/qeglplatformcontext_p.h>
 
+#include <QtPlatformSupport/private/qevdevmousemanager_p.h>
+#include <QtPlatformSupport/private/qevdevkeyboardmanager_p.h>
+#include <QtPlatformSupport/private/qevdevtouch_p.h>
+
 #include <qpa/qplatformwindow.h>
 #include <QtGui/QSurfaceFormat>
 #include <QtGui/QOpenGLContext>
@@ -60,8 +66,14 @@
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 QEglFSIntegration::QEglFSIntegration()
-    : mFontDb(new QGenericUnixFontDatabase()), mScreen(new QEglFSScreen)
+    : mEventDispatcher(createUnixEventDispatcher()), mFontDb(new QGenericUnixFontDatabase()), mScreen(new QEglFSScreen)
 {
+    QGuiApplicationPrivate::instance()->setEventDispatcher(mEventDispatcher);
+
+    new QEvdevKeyboardManager(QLatin1String("EvdevKeyboard"), QString() /* spec */, this);
+    new QEvdevMouseManager(QLatin1String("EvdevMouse"), QString() /* spec */, this);
+    new QEvdevTouchScreenHandlerThread(QString() /* spec */, this);
+
     screenAdded(mScreen);
 
 #ifdef QEGL_EXTRA_DEBUG
@@ -120,7 +132,7 @@ QPlatformFontDatabase *QEglFSIntegration::fontDatabase() const
 
 QAbstractEventDispatcher *QEglFSIntegration::guiThreadEventDispatcher() const
 {
-    return createUnixEventDispatcher();
+    return mEventDispatcher;
 }
 
 QVariant QEglFSIntegration::styleHint(QPlatformIntegration::StyleHint hint) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/qeglfsintegration.h b/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/qeglfsintegration.h
index 04d77a5903..14cec21d13 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/qeglfsintegration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/qeglfsintegration.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public:
     void *nativeResourceForContext(const QByteArray &resource, QOpenGLContext *context);
 
 private:
+    QAbstractEventDispatcher *mEventDispatcher;
     QPlatformFontDatabase *mFontDb;
     QPlatformScreen *mScreen;
 };