diff --git a/fbcode.gcc471.sh b/fbcode.gcc471.sh
index 653301bc5eb4d878c9979193f039404d450c9849..0ada9e50d2a236bad4d66f60bb03e9a1814e358e 100644
--- a/fbcode.gcc471.sh
+++ b/fbcode.gcc471.sh
@@ -32,22 +32,26 @@ THRIFT_INCLUDE=" -I $TOOLCHAIN_LIB_BASE/boost/boost-1.48.0/bef9365/include -std=
 THRIFT_INCLUDE+=" -I./thrift -I./thrift/gen-cpp -I./thrift/lib/cpp"
 THRIFT_LIBS=" -L $TOOLCHAIN_LIB_BASE/boost/boost-1.48.0/bef9365/lib"
 
+# location of libevent
+LIBEVENT_INCLUDE=" -I $TOOLCHAIN_LIB_BASE/libevent/libevent-1.4.14b/91ddd43/include"
+LIBEVENT_LIBS=" -L $TOOLCHAIN_LIB_BASE/libevent/libevent-1.4.14b/91ddd43/lib"
+
 # use Intel SSE support for checksum calculations
 if test -z "$USE_SSE"; then
   export USE_SSE=" -msse -msse4.2 "
 fi
 
 CC="$TOOLCHAIN_EXECUTABLES/gcc/gcc-4.7.1-glibc-2.14.1/bin/gcc"
-CXX="$TOOLCHAIN_EXECUTABLES/gcc/gcc-4.7.1-glibc-2.14.1/bin/g++ $JINCLUDE $SNAPPY_INCLUDE $THRIFT_INCLUDE"
+CXX="$TOOLCHAIN_EXECUTABLES/gcc/gcc-4.7.1-glibc-2.14.1/bin/g++ $JINCLUDE $SNAPPY_INCLUDE $THRIFT_INCLUDE $LIBEVENT_INCLUDE"
 AR=$TOOLCHAIN_EXECUTABLES/binutils/binutils-2.21.1/da39a3e/bin/ar
 RANLIB=$TOOLCHAIN_EXECUTABLES/binutils/binutils-2.21.1/da39a3e/bin/ranlib
 
 CFLAGS="-B$TOOLCHAIN_EXECUTABLES/binutils/binutils-2.21.1/bin/gold -m64 -mtune=generic -fPIC"
 CFLAGS+=" -I $TOOLCHAIN_LIB_BASE/jemalloc/$TOOL_JEMALLOC/include -DHAVE_JEMALLOC"
 
-EXEC_LDFLAGS=" -Wl,--whole-archive $TOOLCHAIN_LIB_BASE/jemalloc/$TOOL_JEMALLOC/lib/libjemalloc.a "
-EXEC_LDFLAGS+="-Wl,--no-whole-archive $TOOLCHAIN_LIB_BASE/libunwind/libunwind-20100812_experimental/91ddd43/lib/libunwind.a"
-EXEC_LDFLAGS+="$HDFSLIB $SNAPPY_LIBS $THRIFT_LIBS "
+EXEC_LDFLAGS=" -Wl,--whole-archive $TOOLCHAIN_LIB_BASE/jemalloc/$TOOL_JEMALLOC/lib/libjemalloc.a"
+EXEC_LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,--no-whole-archive $TOOLCHAIN_LIB_BASE/libunwind/libunwind-20100812_experimental/91ddd43/lib/libunwind.a"
+EXEC_LDFLAGS+=" $HDFSLIB $SNAPPY_LIBS $THRIFT_LIBS $LIBEVENT_LIBS"
 EXEC_LDFLAGS_SHARED="$SNAPPY_LIBS $TOOLCHAIN_LIB_BASE/jemalloc/$TOOL_JEMALLOC/lib/libjemalloc.so"
 SNAPPY_LDFLAGS="$SNAPPY_LIBS"