diff --git a/cmake_modules/eventConfig.cmake b/cmake_modules/eventConfig.cmake
index 263c0e0a..aba77891 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/eventConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/eventConfig.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FIND_PATH(EVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS event.h PATH_SUFFIXES libev)
+FIND_PATH(EVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS event.h ev.h PATH_SUFFIXES libev)
 
 SET(EVENT_NAMES ${EVENT_NAMES} ev libev)
 FIND_LIBRARY(EVENT_LIBRARIES NAMES ${EVENT_NAMES} PATH)