diff --git a/libs/libevent/Makefile b/libs/libevent/Makefile
index 9d2ceb9db..c00a0b15f 100644
--- a/libs/libevent/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libevent/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ define Package/libevent
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=Event notification library
+  DEPENDS:=+librt
   URL:=http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
 endef