diff --git a/doc/sphinx/doxygen.ini.in b/doc/sphinx/doxygen.ini.in
index bfe77e8e..76b5b363 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/doxygen.ini.in
+++ b/doc/sphinx/doxygen.ini.in
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS       = NO
 # Note that the wildcards are matched against the file with absolute path, so to
 # exclude all test directories for example use the pattern */test/*
 
-EXCLUDE_PATTERNS       =
+EXCLUDE_PATTERNS       = */backend-drm/libdrm-updates.h
 
 # The EXCLUDE_SYMBOLS tag can be used to specify one or more symbol names
 # (namespaces, classes, functions, etc.) that should be excluded from the
diff --git a/libweston/backend-drm/libdrm-updates.h b/libweston/backend-drm/libdrm-updates.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73a24b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libweston/backend-drm/libdrm-updates.h
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Jakob Bornecrantz <wallbraker@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Red Hat Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Tungsten Graphics, Inc., Cedar Park, TX., USA
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <xf86drmMode.h>
+
+/*
+ * This header contains fallback definitions copied from libdrm upstream to
+ * avoid hard-depending on too new libdrm.
+ */
+
+#if !HAVE_LIBDRM_HDR
+
+/**
+ * struct hdr_metadata_infoframe - HDR Metadata Infoframe Data.
+ *
+ * HDR Metadata Infoframe as per CTA 861.G spec. This is expected
+ * to match exactly with the spec.
+ *
+ * Userspace is expected to pass the metadata information as per
+ * the format described in this structure.
+ */
+struct hdr_metadata_infoframe {
+	/**
+	 * @eotf: Electro-Optical Transfer Function (EOTF)
+	 * used in the stream.
+	 */
+	__u8 eotf;
+	/**
+	 * @metadata_type: Static_Metadata_Descriptor_ID.
+	 */
+	__u8 metadata_type;
+	/**
+	 * @display_primaries: Color Primaries of the Data.
+	 * These are coded as unsigned 16-bit values in units of
+	 * 0.00002, where 0x0000 represents zero and 0xC350
+	 * represents 1.0000.
+	 * @display_primaries.x: X cordinate of color primary.
+	 * @display_primaries.y: Y cordinate of color primary.
+	 */
+	struct {
+		__u16 x, y;
+		} display_primaries[3];
+	/**
+	 * @white_point: White Point of Colorspace Data.
+	 * These are coded as unsigned 16-bit values in units of
+	 * 0.00002, where 0x0000 represents zero and 0xC350
+	 * represents 1.0000.
+	 * @white_point.x: X cordinate of whitepoint of color primary.
+	 * @white_point.y: Y cordinate of whitepoint of color primary.
+	 */
+	struct {
+		__u16 x, y;
+		} white_point;
+	/**
+	 * @max_display_mastering_luminance: Max Mastering Display Luminance.
+	 * This value is coded as an unsigned 16-bit value in units of 1 cd/m2,
+	 * where 0x0001 represents 1 cd/m2 and 0xFFFF represents 65535 cd/m2.
+	 */
+	__u16 max_display_mastering_luminance;
+	/**
+	 * @min_display_mastering_luminance: Min Mastering Display Luminance.
+	 * This value is coded as an unsigned 16-bit value in units of
+	 * 0.0001 cd/m2, where 0x0001 represents 0.0001 cd/m2 and 0xFFFF
+	 * represents 6.5535 cd/m2.
+	 */
+	__u16 min_display_mastering_luminance;
+	/**
+	 * @max_cll: Max Content Light Level.
+	 * This value is coded as an unsigned 16-bit value in units of 1 cd/m2,
+	 * where 0x0001 represents 1 cd/m2 and 0xFFFF represents 65535 cd/m2.
+	 */
+	__u16 max_cll;
+	/**
+	 * @max_fall: Max Frame Average Light Level.
+	 * This value is coded as an unsigned 16-bit value in units of 1 cd/m2,
+	 * where 0x0001 represents 1 cd/m2 and 0xFFFF represents 65535 cd/m2.
+	 */
+	__u16 max_fall;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct hdr_output_metadata - HDR output metadata
+ *
+ * Metadata Information to be passed from userspace
+ */
+struct hdr_output_metadata {
+	/**
+	 * @metadata_type: Static_Metadata_Descriptor_ID.
+	 */
+	__u32 metadata_type;
+	/**
+	 * @hdmi_metadata_type1: HDR Metadata Infoframe.
+	 */
+	union {
+		struct hdr_metadata_infoframe hdmi_metadata_type1;
+	};
+};
+
+#endif /* !HAVE_LIBDRM_HDR */
diff --git a/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build b/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build
index 23db9127..9e7c0cff 100644
--- a/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build
+++ b/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ dep_backlight = declare_dependency(
 
 config_h.set('BUILD_DRM_COMPOSITOR', '1')
 
+config_h.set10(
+	'HAVE_LIBDRM_HDR',
+	dep_libdrm.version().version_compare('>= 2.4.104')
+)
+
 srcs_drm = [
 	'drm.c',
 	'fb.c',