diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aa939f41..c473bfaf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ find_package(IRCClientQt)
 set(log4cxx_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 find_package(log4cxx)
 
+set(event_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
+find_package(event)
+
 find_package(Doxygen)
 
 INCLUDE(FindQt4)
@@ -82,6 +85,14 @@ if (PROTOBUF_FOUND)
 		message("Libpurple plugin  : no (install libpurple)")
 	endif()
 
+	if (HAVE_EVENT)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DWITH_LIBEVENT)
+		include_directories(${EVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+		message("  libev eventloop : yes")
+	else()
+		message("  libev eventloop : no (install libev-devel)")
+	endif()
+
 	if(IRC_FOUND)
 		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DIRC_SHARED)
 		message("IRC plugin        : yes")
diff --git a/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp b/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp
index d1ceb445..4546bd6f 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp
@@ -239,11 +239,16 @@ static PurpleEventLoopUiOps libEventLoopOps =
 
 #endif /* WITH_LIBEVENT*/
 
-PurpleEventLoopUiOps * getEventLoopUiOps(void){
-	return &eventLoopOps;
+PurpleEventLoopUiOps * getEventLoopUiOps(bool libev){
 #ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
-	std::cout << "EPOLL\n";
-	events = g_hash_table_new_full(g_int_hash, g_int_equal, g_free, NULL);
-	return &libEventLoopOps;
+	if (libev) {
+		event_init();
+		events = g_hash_table_new_full(g_int_hash, g_int_equal, g_free, NULL);
+		return &libEventLoopOps;
+	}
+	else {
+		return &eventLoopOps;
+	}
 #endif
+	return &eventLoopOps;
 }
diff --git a/backends/libpurple/geventloop.h b/backends/libpurple/geventloop.h
index 3febd65e..cb9efbae 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/geventloop.h
+++ b/backends/libpurple/geventloop.h
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
 #define READ_COND  (G_IO_IN | G_IO_HUP | G_IO_ERR)
 #define WRITE_COND (G_IO_OUT | G_IO_HUP | G_IO_ERR | G_IO_NVAL)
 
-PurpleEventLoopUiOps * getEventLoopUiOps(void);
+PurpleEventLoopUiOps * getEventLoopUiOps(bool libev);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
index 31ebf64d..916e4e67 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
@@ -1587,7 +1587,10 @@ static bool initPurple(Config &cfg) {
 		purple_debug_set_verbose(true);
 
 	purple_core_set_ui_ops(&coreUiOps);
-	purple_eventloop_set_ui_ops(getEventLoopUiOps());
+	std::map<std::string, std::string> unregistered = cfg.getUnregistered();
+	if (unregistered.find("service.eventloop") != unregistered.end()) {
+		purple_eventloop_set_ui_ops(getEventLoopUiOps(unregistered["service.eventloop"] == "libev"));
+	}
 
 	ret = purple_core_init("spectrum");
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1744,7 +1747,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 		initPurple(config);
 
-		SpectrumEventLoop eventLoop;
+		std::map<std::string, std::string> unregistered = config.getUnregistered();
+		SpectrumEventLoop eventLoop(unregistered["service.eventloop"] == "libev");
 		np = new SpectrumNetworkPlugin(&config, &eventLoop, host, port);
 		eventLoop.run();
 	}
diff --git a/backends/libpurple/spectrumeventloop.cpp b/backends/libpurple/spectrumeventloop.cpp
index c0b9b129..7948c966 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/spectrumeventloop.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/spectrumeventloop.cpp
@@ -45,18 +45,16 @@ static gboolean processEvent(void *data) {
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
-SpectrumEventLoop::SpectrumEventLoop() : m_isRunning(false) {
+SpectrumEventLoop::SpectrumEventLoop(bool libev) : m_isRunning(false) {
 	m_loop = NULL;
 	loop = this;
-	if (true) {
+#ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
+	if (!libev) {
 		m_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 	}
-#ifdef WITH_LIBEVENT
-	else {
-		/*struct event_base *base = (struct event_base *)*/
-		event_init();
-	}
+	return;
 #endif
+	m_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 }
 
 SpectrumEventLoop::~SpectrumEventLoop() {
diff --git a/backends/libpurple/spectrumeventloop.h b/backends/libpurple/spectrumeventloop.h
index f5f42b64..8350a29f 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/spectrumeventloop.h
+++ b/backends/libpurple/spectrumeventloop.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 class SpectrumEventLoop : public Swift::EventLoop {
 	public:
 		// Creates event loop according to CONFIG().eventloop settings.
-		SpectrumEventLoop();
+		SpectrumEventLoop(bool libev);
 		~SpectrumEventLoop();
 
 		// Executes the eventloop.
diff --git a/cmake_modules/eventConfig.cmake b/cmake_modules/eventConfig.cmake
index b17547db..263c0e0a 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/eventConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/eventConfig.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FIND_PATH(EVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS libev/event.h)
+FIND_PATH(EVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS event.h PATH_SUFFIXES libev)
 
 SET(EVENT_NAMES ${EVENT_NAMES} ev libev)
 FIND_LIBRARY(EVENT_LIBRARIES NAMES ${EVENT_NAMES} PATH)
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ SET (EVENT_LIBRARIES "")
 ENDIF(EVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS AND EVENT_LIBRARIES)
 
 IF(HAVE_EVENT)
-MESSAGE(STATUS "Found Event: ${EVENT_LIBRARIES}")
+MESSAGE(STATUS "Found Event: ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 ENDIF(HAVE_EVENT)
diff --git a/include/Swiften/Network/DummyNetworkFactories.h b/include/Swiften/Network/DummyNetworkFactories.h
index 7671b23b..0ba99113 100644
--- a/include/Swiften/Network/DummyNetworkFactories.h
+++ b/include/Swiften/Network/DummyNetworkFactories.h
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ namespace Swift {
 				return 0;
 			}
 
+			Swift::XMLParserFactory* getXMLParserFactory() const {
+				return 0;
+			}
+
 		private:
 			TimerFactory* timerFactory;
 			ConnectionFactory* connectionFactory;