diff --git a/icecat-libevent_linkflag.patch b/icecat-libevent_linkflag.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..918c7e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icecat-libevent_linkflag.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- old-configure.orig.in	2019-03-02 21:49:16.000000000 +0100
++++ old-configure.in	2019-03-04 12:14:23.842685662 +0100
+@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@
+     MOZ_SYSTEM_LIBEVENT=
+ elif test -z "$MOZ_SYSTEM_LIBEVENT"; then
+     CFLAGS="-I${LIBEVENT_DIR}/include $CFLAGS"
+-    LDFLAGS="-L${LIBEVENT_DIR}/lib $LDFLAGS"
++    LDFLAGS="-L${LIBDIR} $LDFLAGS"
+     MOZ_CHECK_HEADER(event.h,
+         [if test ! -f "${LIBEVENT_DIR}/include/event.h"; then
+              AC_MSG_ERROR([event.h found, but is not in ${LIBEVENT_DIR}/include])
+@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@
+     AC_CHECK_LIB(event, event_init,
+                  [MOZ_SYSTEM_LIBEVENT=1
+                   MOZ_LIBEVENT_CFLAGS="-I${LIBEVENT_DIR}/include"
+-                  MOZ_LIBEVENT_LIBS="-L${LIBEVENT_DIR}/lib -levent"],
++                  MOZ_LIBEVENT_LIBS="-L${LIBDIR} -levent"],
+                  [MOZ_SYSTEM_LIBEVENT= MOZ_LIBEVENT_CFLAGS= MOZ_LIBEVENT_LIBS=])
+ fi
+ CFLAGS=$_SAVE_CFLAGS