diff --git a/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-eventlib-foreign/CMakeLists.txt b/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-eventlib-foreign/CMakeLists.txt
index 748a6b849..2e3b6d655 100644
--- a/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-eventlib-foreign/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/minimal-examples/http-server/minimal-http-server-eventlib-foreign/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,13 +76,28 @@ CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("#include <libwebsockets.h>\nint main(void) {\n#if defin
 
 
 if (LWS_WITH_LIBUV)
-	set(extralibs ${extralibs} uv)
+	find_path(LIBUV_INCLUDE_DIRS NAMES uv.h)
+	find_library(LIBUV_LIBRARIES NAMES uv)
+	message("libuv include dir: ${LIBUV_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+	message("libuv libraries: ${LIBUV_LIBRARIES}")
+	include_directories("${LIBUV_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+	set(extralibs ${extralibs} ${LIBUV_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 if (LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT)
-	set(extralibs ${extralibs} event)
+	find_path(LIBEVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS NAMES event2/event.h)
+	find_library(LIBEVENT_LIBRARIES NAMES event)
+	message("libevent include dir: ${LIBEVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+	message("libevent libraries: ${LIBEVENT_LIBRARIES}")
+	include_directories("${LIBEVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+	set(extralibs ${extralibs} ${LIBEVENT_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 if (LWS_WITH_LIBEV)
-	set(extralibs ${extralibs} ev)
+	find_path(LIBEV_INCLUDE_DIRS NAMES ev.h)
+	find_library(LIBEV_LIBRARIES NAMES ev)
+	message("libev include dir: ${LIBEV_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+	message("libev libraries: ${LIBEV_LIBRARIES}")
+	include_directories("${LIBEV_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+	set(extralibs ${extralibs} ${LIBEV_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 if (LWS_WITH_GLIB)
 	set(LWS_GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS CACHE PATH "Path to the glib include directory")