diff --git a/third_party/build_event.sh b/third_party/build_event.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8671e28..0000000
--- a/third_party/build_event.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-source ../scripts/build_helper.sh
-
-library_path="libevent"
-requires_rebuild ${library_path}
-[[ $? -eq 0 ]] && exit 0
-
-cmake_build ${library_path} -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-fPIC -I../../boringssl/include/" -DEVENT__DISABLE_TESTS=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
-check_err_exit ${library_path} "Failed to build libevent!"
-set_build_successful ${library_path}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/third_party/build_libevent.sh b/third_party/build_libevent.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eebc5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/build_libevent.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source ../scripts/build_helper.sh
+
+library_path="libevent"
+requires_rebuild ${library_path}
+[[ $? -eq 0 ]] && exit 0
+
+_fpic=""
+[[ ${build_os_type} == "linux" ]] && _fpic="-fPIC"
+cmake_build ${library_path} -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="${_fpic} -I../../boringssl/include/" -DEVENT__DISABLE_TESTS=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY=MultiThreaded
+check_err_exit ${library_path} "Failed to build libevent!"
+set_build_successful ${library_path}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/third_party/libevent b/third_party/libevent
index e7ff4ef..0d7d85c 160000
--- a/third_party/libevent
+++ b/third_party/libevent
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e7ff4ef2b4fc950a765008c18e74281cdb5e7668
+Subproject commit 0d7d85c2083f7a4c9efe01c061486f332b576d28