diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7396ac78..d6ae0da9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ if(LWS_WITH_DISTRO_RECOMMENDED)
 	set(LWS_WITH_SERVER_STATUS 1)
 	set(LWS_WITH_LIBUV 1)
 	set(LWS_WITH_LIBEV 1)
-	set(LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT 1)
+	# libev + libevent cannot coexist at build-time
+	set(LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT 0)
 	set(LWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS 0)
 endif()
 
@@ -428,6 +429,10 @@ if (LWS_WITH_SQLITE3)
 endif()
 
 
+if (LWS_WITH_LIBEV AND LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT)
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "Sorry libev and libevent conflict with each others' namespace, you can only have one or the other")
+endif()
+
 # The base dir where the test-apps look for the SSL certs.
 set(LWS_OPENSSL_CLIENT_CERTS ../share CACHE PATH "Server SSL certificate directory")
 if (WIN32)
diff --git a/lib/event-libs/libev.c b/lib/event-libs/libev.c
index aea48101..8f12fb7a 100644
--- a/lib/event-libs/libev.c
+++ b/lib/event-libs/libev.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  *  MA  02110-1301  USA
  */
 
+#define LWS_HIDE_LIBEVENT
+
 #include "private-libwebsockets.h"
 
 void lws_feature_status_libev(struct lws_context_creation_info *info)
diff --git a/lib/libwebsockets.h b/lib/libwebsockets.h
index e130f50c..7bd858f0 100644
--- a/lib/libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/libwebsockets.h
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long lws_intptr_t;
 
 #endif
 
-#ifdef LWS_WITH_LIBEV
+#if defined(LWS_WITH_LIBEV)
 #include <ev.h>
 #endif /* LWS_WITH_LIBEV */
 #ifdef LWS_WITH_LIBUV
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long lws_intptr_t;
 #include <uv-version.h>
 #endif
 #endif /* LWS_WITH_LIBUV */
-#ifdef LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT
+#if defined(LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT) && !defined(LWS_HIDE_LIBEVENT)
 #include <event2/event.h>
 #endif /* LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT */
 
@@ -4324,7 +4324,7 @@ lws_plat_recommended_rsa_bits(void);
  */
 ///@{
 
-#ifdef LWS_WITH_LIBEV
+#if defined(LWS_WITH_LIBEV)
 typedef void (lws_ev_signal_cb_t)(EV_P_ struct ev_signal *w, int revents);
 
 LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN int
@@ -4383,7 +4383,7 @@ lws_close_all_handles_in_loop(uv_loop_t *loop);
  */
 ///@{
 
-#ifdef LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT
+#if defined(LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT) && !defined(LWS_HIDE_LIBEVENT)
 typedef void (lws_event_signal_cb_t) (evutil_socket_t sock_fd, short revents,
 		  void *ctx);
 
diff --git a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
index 6744afcf..209adddf 100644
--- a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ int fork(void);
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef LWS_WITH_LIBEV
+#if defined(LWS_WITH_LIBEV)
 #include <ev.h>
 #endif
 #ifdef LWS_WITH_LIBUV
 #include <uv.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT
+#if defined(LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT) && !defined(LWS_HIDE_LIBEVENT)
 #include <event2/event.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -1102,7 +1102,11 @@ struct lws_context {
 	uv_loop_t pu_loop;
 #endif
 #if defined(LWS_WITH_LIBEVENT)
+#if defined(LWS_HIDE_LIBEVENT)
+	void * lws_event_sigint_cb;
+#else
 	lws_event_signal_cb_t * lws_event_sigint_cb;
+#endif
 #endif
 	char canonical_hostname[128];
 #ifdef LWS_LATENCY
diff --git a/test-apps/test-server-libev.c b/test-apps/test-server-libev.c
index 1c5a8535..6ba3e8da 100644
--- a/test-apps/test-server-libev.c
+++ b/test-apps/test-server-libev.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ test_server_fops_open(const struct lws_plat_file_ops *fops,
 	/* call through to original platform implementation */
 	n = fops_plat.open(fops, vfs_path, vpath, flags);
 
-	lwsl_notice("%s: opening %s, ret %p\n", __func__, vfs_path, n);
+	lwsl_debug("%s: opening %s, ret %p\n", __func__, vfs_path, n);
 
 	return n;
 }