diff --git a/install-freedombone.sh b/install-freedombone.sh
index d4b0adb1..32e9237e 100755
--- a/install-freedombone.sh
+++ b/install-freedombone.sh
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ function time_synchronisation {
 
   # building tlsdate from source is a workaround because of
   # this bug https://github.com/ioerror/tlsdate/issues/130
-  apt-get -y --force-yes install build-essential automake git pkg-config autoconf libtool libssl-dev
+  apt-get -y --force-yes install build-essential automake git pkg-config autoconf libtool libssl-dev libevent-dev
   if [ ! -d $INSTALL_DIR ]; then
       mkdir $INSTALL_DIR
   fi