diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index d25b5df..0c28cc0 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -899,14 +899,16 @@ createlayersurface(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
 void
 createpointer(struct wlr_input_device *device)
 {
-	struct libinput_device *libinput_device =  (struct libinput_device*)
+	if (wlr_input_device_is_libinput(device)) {
+		struct libinput_device *libinput_device =  (struct libinput_device*)
 			wlr_libinput_get_device_handle(device);
 
-	if (tap_to_click && libinput_device_config_tap_get_finger_count(libinput_device))
-		libinput_device_config_tap_set_enabled(libinput_device, LIBINPUT_CONFIG_TAP_ENABLED);
+		if (tap_to_click && libinput_device_config_tap_get_finger_count(libinput_device))
+			libinput_device_config_tap_set_enabled(libinput_device, LIBINPUT_CONFIG_TAP_ENABLED);
 
-	if (libinput_device_config_scroll_has_natural_scroll(libinput_device))
-		libinput_device_config_scroll_set_natural_scroll_enabled(libinput_device, natural_scrolling);
+		if (libinput_device_config_scroll_has_natural_scroll(libinput_device))
+			libinput_device_config_scroll_set_natural_scroll_enabled(libinput_device, natural_scrolling);
+	}
 
 	/* We don't do anything special with pointers. All of our pointer handling
 	 * is proxied through wlr_cursor. On another compositor, you might take this