--- configure.ac.orig	Mon Jul 21 23:03:01 2003
+++ configure.ac	Mon Jul 21 23:03:38 2003
@@ -20,9 +20,20 @@
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 fi
 
+AC_ARG_WITH(libevent,[  --with-libevent=PREFIX  Prefix where libevent is installed], libevent_prefix="$withval", libevent_prefix="")
+LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS="-L$libevent_prefix/lib"
+LIBEVENT_CFLAGS="-I$libevent_prefix/include"
+
+LDFLAGS="$LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$LIBEVENT_CFLAGS"
+LDADD="$LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS"
+
 LIBEVENT_URL=http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
 AC_CHECK_LIB(event, event_set, ,
 	[AC_MSG_ERROR(libevent is required.  You can get it from $LIBEVENT_URL)])
+
+AC_SUBST(LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(LIBEVENT_CFLAGS)
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile)
 AC_OUTPUT