diff --git a/extra/libevent/CMakeLists.txt b/extra/libevent/CMakeLists.txt
index 66961502357..83a6cf0f220 100644
--- a/extra/libevent/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extra/libevent/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
 	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extra/libevent
 	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extra/libevent/compat
-	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extra/libevent/WIN32-Code)
+	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extra/libevent/WIN32-Code
+	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 	
 IF(MSVC)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS("-DWIN32 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H")
diff --git a/extra/libevent/event.h b/extra/libevent/event.h
index 451ca895e2b..078c940770e 100644
--- a/extra/libevent/event.h
+++ b/extra/libevent/event.h
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#include <my_attribute.h>
+
 #include <event-config.h>
 #ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
 #include <sys/types.h>