diff --git a/reproducable-build b/reproducable-build
index ca33f4d97..62c9104d5 100644
--- a/reproducable-build
+++ b/reproducable-build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev libbz2-dev libtool autotools-dev autoconf git pkg-config
 mkdir dependencies
 cd dependencies
+
 wget http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
 tar xf db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
 export BDB_PREFIX="`pwd`/bdb"
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ cd db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix
 make
 make install
 cd ../../
+
 wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1p.tar.gz
 tar xf openssl-1.0.1p.tar.gz
 export OPENSSL_PREFIX="`pwd`/openssl_build"
@@ -16,8 +18,9 @@ cd openssl-1.0.1p
 ./Configure --prefix=$OPENSSL_PREFIX --openssldir=$OPENSSL_PREFIX/ssl [linux-generic32/linux-x86_64] -fPIC -static no-shared no-dso
 make
 make install
-export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:${OPENSSL_BUILD}/lib/pkgconfig/"
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig/"
 cd ..
+
 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.59.0/boost_1_59_0.tar.bz2/download -O boost_1_59_0.tar.bz2
 tar xf boost_1_59_0.tar.bz2
 cd boost_1_59_0
@@ -25,10 +28,21 @@ export BOOST_ROOT=`pwd`
 ./bootstrap.sh
 ./b2 link=static cxxflags=-fPIC stage
 cd ../../
+
+mkdir libevent_build
+git clone https://github.com/libevent/libevent.git
+export LIBEVENT_PREFIX="`pwd`/libevent_build"
+cd libevent
+./autogen.sh
+./configure --prefix=$LIBEVENT_PREFIX --enable-static --disable-shared --with-pic LDFLAGS="-L${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/lib/" CPPFLAGS="-I${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/include"
+make
+make install
+cd ..
+
 git clone https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd
 cd lbrycrd
 ./autogen.sh
-./configure --without-gui LDFLAGS="-L${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/lib/ -L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib/ -static-libstdc++" CPPFLAGS="-I${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/include -I${BDB_PREFIX}/include"
+./configure --without-gui LDFLAGS="-L${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/lib/ -L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib/ -L${LIBEVENT_PREFIX}/lib/ -static-libstdc++" CPPFLAGS="-I${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/include -I${BDB_PREFIX}/include -I${LIBEVENT_PREFIX}/include/"
 make
 strip src/lbrycrdd
 strip src/lbrycrd-cli