diff --git a/package/wlroots/Config.in b/package/wlroots/Config.in
index 8d485992f5..84a4ef846e 100644
--- a/package/wlroots/Config.in
+++ b/package/wlroots/Config.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WLROOTS
 	  wlroots is a modular Wayland library for building compositors
 	  which implements many of their common features.
 
-	  https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots
+	  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_WLROOTS
 
diff --git a/package/wlroots/wlroots.hash b/package/wlroots/wlroots.hash
index fdebe1ef68..04bbd65e43 100644
--- a/package/wlroots/wlroots.hash
+++ b/package/wlroots/wlroots.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Generated locally, after checking https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/releases/download/0.14.1/wlroots-0.14.1.tar.gz.sig
-sha256  448a83d579ac280357c8a4e902b9477bacbab81cc4d9c140e443642d458869db  wlroots-0.14.1.tar.gz
+# Generated locally, after checking https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/releases/0.15.1/downloads/wlroots-0.15.1.tar.gz.sig
+sha256  5b92f11a52d978919ed1306e0d54c9d59f1762b28d44f0a2da3ef3b351305373  wlroots-0.15.1.tar.gz
 
 # Hashes for license files:
 sha256  ffd3737a478b83a8b51b42757d3bf909ef36694508355879722e11fc1fa6736b  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/wlroots/wlroots.mk b/package/wlroots/wlroots.mk
index 89d5024176..baa1edd9e1 100644
--- a/package/wlroots/wlroots.mk
+++ b/package/wlroots/wlroots.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WLROOTS_VERSION = 0.14.1
-WLROOTS_SITE = https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/releases/download/$(WLROOTS_VERSION)
+WLROOTS_VERSION = 0.15.1
+WLROOTS_SITE = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/releases/$(WLROOTS_VERSION)/downloads
 WLROOTS_LICENSE = MIT
 WLROOTS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 WLROOTS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
@@ -25,19 +25,16 @@ WLROOTS_DEPENDENCIES = \
 
 WLROOTS_CONF_OPTS = -Dexamples=false -Dxcb-errors=disabled -Drenderers=gles2
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG),y)
-WLROOTS_DEPENDENCIES += ffmpeg
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG),y)
-WLROOTS_DEPENDENCIES += libpng
-endif
+WLROOTS_BACKENDS = libinput drm
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WLROOTS_X11),y)
-WLROOTS_CONF_OPTS += -Dx11-backend=enabled -Dxwayland=enabled
+WLROOTS_BACKENDS += x11
+WLROOTS_CONF_OPTS += -Dxwayland=enabled
 WLROOTS_DEPENDENCIES += libxcb xcb-util-wm xcb-util-renderutil xlib_libX11
 else
-WLROOTS_CONF_OPTS += -Dx11-backend=disabled -Dxwayland=disabled
+WLROOTS_CONF_OPTS += -Dxwayland=disabled
 endif
 
+WLROOTS_CONF_OPTS += -Dbackends=$(subst $(space),$(comma),$(strip $(WLROOTS_BACKENDS)))
+
 $(eval $(meson-package))