diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dd538f0..5f412d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1329,6 +1329,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
+ "udev",
  "url",
  "xkb-data",
 ]
diff --git a/cosmic-settings/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-settings/Cargo.toml
index 41bbde6..8e1893d 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-settings/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.4.18", features = ["derive"] }
 itoa = "1.0.10"
 futures = { package = "futures-lite", version = "2.2.0" }
 xkb-data = "0.1.0"
+udev = "0.8.0"
 
 [dependencies.i18n-embed]
 version = "0.14.1"
diff --git a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/input/mod.rs b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/input/mod.rs
index b67d3b3..b5a02a6 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/input/mod.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/input/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::app;
+use clap::builder::OsStr;
 use cosmic::{
     cosmic_config::{self, ConfigGet, ConfigSet},
     iced::{self, wayland::actions::window::SctkWindowSettings, window},
@@ -205,8 +206,31 @@ impl page::Page<crate::pages::Message> for Page {
 
 impl page::AutoBind<crate::pages::Message> for Page {
     fn sub_pages(page: page::Insert<crate::pages::Message>) -> page::Insert<crate::pages::Message> {
-        page.sub_page::<keyboard::Page>()
-            .sub_page::<mouse::Page>()
-            .sub_page::<touchpad::Page>()
+        let insert = page.sub_page::<keyboard::Page>().sub_page::<mouse::Page>();
+
+        if system_has_touchpad() {
+            insert.sub_page::<touchpad::Page>()
+        } else {
+            insert
+        }
     }
 }
+
+/// Uses `udev` to check if a touchpad device exists on the system.
+fn system_has_touchpad() -> bool {
+    let Ok(mut enumerator) = udev::Enumerator::new() else {
+        return false;
+    };
+
+    let _res = enumerator.match_subsystem("input");
+
+    let Ok(mut devices) = enumerator.scan_devices() else {
+        return false;
+    };
+
+    devices.any(|device| {
+        device
+            .property_value("ID_INPUT_TOUCHPAD")
+            .map_or(false, |value| value == "1")
+    })
+}