diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/depends b/srcpkgs/libevent/depends
index fb0ab0a7dc..7dd8488f67 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/depends
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/depends
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-abi_depends=">=1.4.9"
+abi_depends=">=2.0.10"
 api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/libevent-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libevent/libevent-devel.template
index 5c0985db02..ceefc4e5d4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/libevent-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/libevent-devel.template
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ Add_dependency run libevent
 do_install()
 {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
-
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/{bin,include} ${DESTDIR}/usr
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man3 ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/template b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
index cb3d7a2729..212f6949e5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'libevent'
 pkgname=libevent
-version=1.4.13
+version=2.0.10
 wrksrc="$pkgname-$version-stable"
 distfiles="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/$pkgname-$version-stable.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="Abstract asynchronous event notification library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=d6fff1d7e7b79e6e083b482b0b55190f71ba597b55c3541d64c0572ddf0747a3
+checksum=a4b55810a9e21e9991b86ba5e82dbc9280598cc070544c4ecef4ab91b93dfc55
 long_desc="
  The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function
  when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ long_desc="
 
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libssl
+Add_dependency build openssl-devel
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index 74e000df3d..00a4567e8b 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ libsasl2.so			libsasl			libsasl-devel
 liblber-2.4.so			libldap			libldap-devel
 libldap-2.4.so			libldap			libldap-devel
 libldap_r-2.4.so		libldap			libldap-devel
-libevent-1.4.so			libevent		libevent-devel
+libevent-2.0.so			libevent		libevent-devel
 libSDL_mixer-1.2.so		SDL_mixer		SDL_mixer-devel
 libEnhancedDisassembly.so	libllvm
 libLLVM-2.8.so			libllvm