diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.0.21.recipe b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.0.21.recipe
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+SUMMARY="Libevent"
+DESCRIPTION="The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks due to signals or regular timeouts.
+libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and then add or remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop."
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.libevent.org/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="b2405cc9ebf264aa47ff615d9de527a2"
+LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
+COPYRIGHT="2000-2007 Niels Provos, 2005 Nick Mathewson, and other contributors."
+
+REVISION="1"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
+
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	cmd:event_rpcgen.py
+	libevent$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	lib:libevent$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.0.0 compat >= 2
+	lib:libevent_2.0 = 5 compat >= 5
+	lib:libevent_2.0 = 5.1.9 compat >= 5
+	lib:libevent_core_2.0 = 5 compat >= 5
+	lib:libevent_core_2.0 = 5.1.9 compat >= 5
+	lib:libevent_core
+	lib:libevent_extra_2.0 = 5 compat >= 5
+	lib:libevent_extra_2.0 = 5.1.9 compat >= 5
+	lib:libevent_extra
+	lib:libevent_pthreads_2.0 = 5 compat >= 5
+	lib:libevent_pthreads_2.0 = 5.1.9 compat >= 5
+	lib:libevent_pthreads
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+	"
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:automake
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:libtoolize
+	cmd:make
+	"
+SOURCE_DIR="$portVersionedName-stable"
+
+PATCH()
+{
+	sed -i 's/AM_CONFIG_HEADER/AC_CONFIG_HEADERS/g' configure.in
+	sed -i 's/TESTS = $(top_srcdir)/TESTS = {$sourceDir}/g' test/Makefile.am
+}
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal
+	autoconf
+	automake --add-missing
+	runConfigure ./configure
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libevent
+	fixPkgconfig
+
+	
+	ls
+	# devel package
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$developDir
+}
+
+# ----- devel package -------------------------------------------------------
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	libevent_devel = $portVersion compat >= 2
+	devel:libevent = $portVersion compat >= 2
+	devel:libevent_core.a = 5 compat >= 5
+	devel:libevent_core.la = 5.1.9 compat >= 5
+	devel:libevent_extra.a = 5 compat >= 5
+	devel:libevent_extra.la = 5.1.9 compat >= 5
+	devel:libevent_pthreads.a = 5 compat >= 5
+	devel:libevent_pthreads.la = 5.1.9 compat >= 5
+	"
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	libevent == $portVersion base
+	"
diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-2.0.21.patch b/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-2.0.21.patch
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index 000000000..92ece1c59
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+++ b/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-2.0.21.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- configure.in	2012-11-17 22:34:13.040894464 -0800
++++ haiku/configure.in	2013-08-28 15:07:32.000000000 -0700
+@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
+ AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_REGRESS], [test "$enable_libevent_regress" = "yes"])
+ 
+ dnl Checks for libraries.
+-AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_ntoa], [nsl])
+-AC_SEARCH_LIBS([socket], [socket])
++AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_ntoa], [nsl network])
++AC_SEARCH_LIBS([socket], [socket network])
+ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_aton], [resolv])
+ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime], [rt])
+ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([sendfile], [sendfile])