diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libseat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/seatd/default.nix
similarity index 74%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/libseat/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/misc/seatd/default.nix
index bdefb51b50f4..e07356d0c334 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libseat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/seatd/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 , meson
 , ninja
 , pkg-config
+, scdoc
 , stdenv
 , systemd
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "libseat";
+  pname = "seatd";
   version = "0.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromSourcehut {
@@ -18,13 +19,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-JwlJLHkRgSRqfQEhXbzuFTmhxfbwKVdLICPbTDbC9M0=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config ];
+  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "man" ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    systemd
-  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config scdoc ];
 
-  mesonFlags = [ "-Dserver=disabled" "-Dseatd=disabled" "-Dlogind=enabled"];
+  buildInputs = [ systemd ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [ "-Dlogind=enabled" "-Dbuiltin=enabled" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A universal seat management library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
index d0596de44396..45c2fd228f2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkg-config, wayland-scanner
 , libGL, wayland, wayland-protocols, libinput, libxkbcommon, pixman
 , xcbutilwm, libX11, libcap, xcbutilimage, xcbutilerrors, mesa
-, libpng, ffmpeg, xcbutilrenderutil, xwayland, libseat
+, libpng, ffmpeg, xcbutilrenderutil, xwayland, seatd
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     libGL wayland wayland-protocols libinput libxkbcommon pixman
     xcbutilwm libX11 libcap xcbutilimage xcbutilerrors mesa
-    libpng ffmpeg xcbutilrenderutil xwayland libseat
+    libpng ffmpeg xcbutilrenderutil xwayland seatd
   ];
 
   postFixup = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 018b746a51f6..f820eef45d04 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   libqrencode = qrencode;  # added 2019-01-01
   librdf = lrdf; # added 2020-03-22
   librecad2 = librecad;  # backwards compatibility alias, added 2015-10
+  libseat = seatd; # added 2021-06-24
   libsysfs = sysfsutils; # added 2018-04-25
   libtidy = html-tidy;  # added 2014-12-21
   libtxc_dxtn = throw "libtxc_dxtn was removed 2020-03-16, now integrated in Mesa";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8fd46c1bc14a..fc7602b011c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16856,8 +16856,6 @@ in
 
   libsearpc = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsearpc { };
 
-  libseat = callPackage ../development/libraries/libseat { };
-
   libsigcxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsigcxx { };
 
   libsigcxx12 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsigcxx/1.2.nix { };
@@ -26635,6 +26633,8 @@ in
 
   seafile-client = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/seafile-client { };
 
+  seatd = callPackage ../applications/misc/seatd { };
+
   secretscanner = callPackage ../tools/security/secretscanner { };
 
   semiphemeral = callPackage ../tools/misc/semiphemeral { };