--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -20763,12 +20763,12 @@
         owd=`pwd`
         if cd $withval; then withval=`pwd`; cd $owd; fi
         EVENTINC="-I$withval/include"
-        EVENTLIB="-L$withval/lib -levent"
+        EVENTLIB="-L$withval/lib -lpthread -levent"
      elif test -f $withval/event.h -a -f $withval/libevent.a; then
         owd=`pwd`
         if cd $withval; then withval=`pwd`; cd $owd; fi
         EVENTINC="-I$withval"
-        EVENTLIB="-L$withval -levent"
+        EVENTLIB="-L$withval -lpthread -levent"
      else
         { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: event.h or libevent.a not found in $withval" >&5
 echo "$as_me: error: event.h or libevent.a not found in $withval" >&2;}
@@ -20780,9 +20780,9 @@
    if test -f ${prefix}/include/event.h -a -f ${prefix}/lib/libevent.a;
 then
      EVENTINC="-I${prefix}/include"
-     EVENTLIB="-L${prefix}/lib -levent"
+     EVENTLIB="-L${prefix}/lib -lpthread -levent"
   elif test -f /usr/include/event.h; then
-     EVENTLIB="-levent"
+     EVENTLIB="-lpthread -levent"
   else
      echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6