diff --git a/event-old.h b/event-old.h
index 812c598..98d3344 100644
--- a/event-old.h
+++ b/event-old.h
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef __EVENT_OLD_H__
 #define __EVENT_OLD_H__
 
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#define BEV_EVENT_READ EVBUFFER_READ
+#define BEV_EVENT_WRITE EVBUFFER_WRITE
+#define BEV_EVENT_EOF EVBUFFER_EOF
+#define BEV_EVENT_ERROR EVBUFFER_ERROR
+#define BEV_EVENT_TIMEOUT EVBUFFER_TIMEOUT
+
 typedef int evutil_socket_t;
   
 static inline struct event *event_new (struct event_base *base, int fd, int what, void(*callback)(int, short, void *), void *arg) __attribute__ ((unused));
@@ -24,4 +32,12 @@ static void event_free (struct event *ev) {
   event_del (ev);
   free (ev);
 }
+
+static struct bufferevent *bufferevent_socket_new (struct event_base *base, int fd, int flags) __attribute__ ((unused));
+static struct bufferevent *bufferevent_socket_new (struct event_base *base, int fd, int flags) {
+  assert (!flags);
+  struct bufferevent *bev = bufferevent_new(fd, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+  bufferevent_base_set (base, bev);
+  return bev;
+}
 #endif