diff --git a/http/configure b/http/configure
index 8abda39..e59335c 100755
--- a/http/configure
+++ b/http/configure
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pkg_config libbsd-overlay
pkg_config libffi
config_define PREFIX "\"${PREFIX}\""
update_config_h
-LIBS="$LIBS -lm -rpath ${PREFIX}/lib"
+LIBS="$LIBS -levent -lm -rpath ${PREFIX}/lib"
# Address Sanitizer config
CPPFLAGS_ASAN="$CPPFLAGS"