diff --git a/backends/events/webossdl/webossdl-events.cpp b/backends/events/webossdl/webossdl-events.cpp
index acc54e0bd22a..00cbf39d0828 100644
--- a/backends/events/webossdl/webossdl-events.cpp
+++ b/backends/events/webossdl/webossdl-events.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "backends/events/webossdl/webossdl-events.h"
 #include "gui/message.h"
 #include "engines/engine.h"
+#include "PDL.h"
 
 // Inidicates if gesture area is pressed down or not.
 static bool gestureDown = false;
@@ -138,6 +139,16 @@ bool WebOSSdlEventSource::handleKeyUp(SDL_Event &ev, Common::Event &event) {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	// handle virtual keyboard dismiss key
+	if (ev.key.keysym.sym == 24) {
+        	int gblPDKVersion = PDL_GetPDKVersion();
+                // check for correct PDK Version
+                if (gblPDKVersion >= 300) {
+                	PDL_SetKeyboardState(PDL_FALSE);
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Call original SDL key handler.
 	return SdlEventSource::handleKeyUp(ev, event);
 }
@@ -178,11 +189,20 @@ bool WebOSSdlEventSource::handleMouseButtonUp(SDL_Event &ev, Common::Event &even
 		motionPtrIndex = -1;
 
 		int screenY = g_system->getHeight();
-		// 60% of the screen height for menu dialog
+		
+		// 60% of the screen height for menu dialog/keyboard
                 if (ABS(dragDiffY) >= ABS(screenY*0.6)) {
-                        if (g_engine && !g_engine->isPaused()) {
-                                g_engine->openMainMenuDialog();
-                                return true;
+			if (dragDiffY >= 0) {
+				int gblPDKVersion = PDL_GetPDKVersion();
+				// check for correct PDK Version
+				if (gblPDKVersion >= 300) {
+					PDL_SetKeyboardState(PDL_TRUE);
+				}
+			} else {
+                       		if (g_engine && !g_engine->isPaused()) {
+                               		g_engine->openMainMenuDialog();
+                                	return true;
+				}
                         }
                 }
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d5e2345acbd1..e330722c9d8e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ case $_backend in
 		;;
 	webos)
 		# There is no sdl-config in the WebOS PDK so we don't use find_sdlconfig here.
-		LIBS="$LIBS -lSDL"
+		LIBS="$LIBS -lSDL -lpdl"
 		DEFINES="$DEFINES -DWEBOS"
 		DEFINES="$DEFINES -DSDL_BACKEND"
 		add_line_to_config_mk "SDL_BACKEND = 1"