diff --git a/external/Makefile b/external/Makefile
index ff93e523552949e4a19e1accf2b319c3b26449fc..46c07c72734dbe303b065bc067f6acfd15508ea7 100644
--- a/external/Makefile
+++ b/external/Makefile
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ openssl-clean:
 libevent/Makefile: libevent/Makefile.am libevent/configure.ac
 	cd libevent && ./autogen.sh
 	cd libevent && ./configure \
+				LDFLAGS="-L../lib" \
+				CFLAGS="-I../include" \
 				--host=$(ALTHOST) \
 				--disable-libevent-regress \
 				--disable-samples \
diff --git a/external/libevent b/external/libevent
index 4c908dde58ef780eeefcc9df4db3063ca62ea862..5df3037d10556bfcb675bc73e516978b75fc7bc7 160000
--- a/external/libevent
+++ b/external/libevent
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4c908dde58ef780eeefcc9df4db3063ca62ea862
+Subproject commit 5df3037d10556bfcb675bc73e516978b75fc7bc7