diff --git a/basis/game/input/gtk/authors.txt b/basis/game/input/gtk/authors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d73be90188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/game/input/gtk/authors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Erik Charlebois
+William Schlieper
diff --git a/basis/game/input/gtk/gtk.factor b/basis/game/input/gtk/gtk.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9eac60022a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/game/input/gtk/gtk.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+! Copyright (C) 2010 Erik Charlebois, William Schlieper.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: accessors alien.c-types alien.data alien.syntax assocs
+bit-arrays game.input gdk.ffi generalizations kernel math
+namespaces sequences system x11.xlib ;
+IN: game.input.gtk
+
+SINGLETON: gtk-game-input-backend
+
+gtk-game-input-backend game-input-backend set-global
+
+LIBRARY: gdk
+FUNCTION: Display* gdk_x11_display_get_xdisplay ( GdkDisplay* display ) ;
+
+: get-dpy ( -- dpy )
+    gdk_display_get_default gdk_x11_display_get_xdisplay ;
+
+M: gtk-game-input-backend (open-game-input)
+    ;
+
+M: gtk-game-input-backend (close-game-input)
+    ;
+
+M: gtk-game-input-backend (reset-game-input)
+    ;
+
+M: gtk-game-input-backend get-controllers
+    { } ;
+
+M: gtk-game-input-backend product-string
+    drop "" ;
+
+M: gtk-game-input-backend product-id
+    drop f ;
+
+M: gtk-game-input-backend instance-id
+    drop f ;
+
+M: gtk-game-input-backend read-controller
+    drop controller-state new ;
+
+M: gtk-game-input-backend calibrate-controller
+    drop ;
+
+M: gtk-game-input-backend vibrate-controller
+    3drop ;
+
+HOOK: x>hid-bit-order os ( -- x )
+
+M: linux x>hid-bit-order
+    {
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 41 30 31 32 33 34 35 
+        36 37 38 39 45 46 42 43 
+        20 26 8 21 23 28 24 12 
+        18 19 47 48 40 224 4 22 
+        7 9 10 11 13 14 15 51 
+        52 53 225 49 29 27 6 25 
+        5 17 16 54 55 56 229 85 
+        226 44 57 58 59 60 61 62 
+        63 64 65 66 67 83 71 95 
+        96 97 86 92 93 94 87 91 
+        90 89 98 99 0 0 0 68 
+        69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        88 228 84 70 0 0 74 82 
+        75 80 79 77 81 78 73 76 
+        127 129 128 102 103 0 72 0 
+        0 0 0 227 231 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+    } ; inline
+     
+: x-bits>hid-bits ( bit-array -- bit-array )
+    256 iota zip [ first ] filter values
+    x>hid-bit-order [ nth ] curry map
+    256 <bit-array> swap [ t swap pick set-nth ] each ;
+        
+M: gtk-game-input-backend read-keyboard
+    get-dpy 256 <bit-array> [ XQueryKeymap drop ] keep
+    x-bits>hid-bits keyboard-state boa ;
+
+: query-pointer ( -- x y buttons )
+    get-dpy dup XDefaultRootWindow
+    { int int int int int int int }
+    [ XQueryPointer drop ] with-out-parameters
+    [ 4 ndrop ] 3dip ;
+
+SYMBOL: mouse-reset?
+     
+M: gtk-game-input-backend read-mouse
+    mouse-reset? get [ reset-mouse ] unless
+    query-pointer
+    mouse-state new
+    swap 256 /i >>buttons
+    swap 400 - >>dy
+    swap 400 - >>dx
+    0 >>scroll-dy 0 >>scroll-dx ;
+     
+M: gtk-game-input-backend reset-mouse
+    get-dpy dup XDefaultRootWindow dup
+    0 0 0 0 400 400 XWarpPointer drop t mouse-reset? set-global ;
diff --git a/basis/game/input/gtk/platforms.txt b/basis/game/input/gtk/platforms.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a08e1f35eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/game/input/gtk/platforms.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+linux
diff --git a/basis/game/input/gtk/summary.txt b/basis/game/input/gtk/summary.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c88274722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/game/input/gtk/summary.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Linux backend for game input.
diff --git a/basis/game/input/gtk/tags.txt b/basis/game/input/gtk/tags.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84d4140a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/game/input/gtk/tags.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+games
diff --git a/basis/game/input/input.factor b/basis/game/input/input.factor
index 213b638574..eb01e94b99 100644
--- a/basis/game/input/input.factor
+++ b/basis/game/input/input.factor
@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ SYMBOLS: pressed released ;
 {
     { [ os windows? ] [ "game.input.dinput" require ] }
     { [ os macosx? ] [ "game.input.iokit" require ] }
-    { [ os linux? ] [ "game.input.x11" require ] }
+    { [ os linux? ] [ "game.input.gtk" require ] }
     [ ]
 } cond