diff --git a/projects/libevent.org/package.yml b/projects/libevent.org/package.yml
index d9ed0416..bde51ab0 100644
--- a/projects/libevent.org/package.yml
+++ b/projects/libevent.org/package.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ build:
     gnu.org/automake: 1
     gnu.org/autoconf: 2
     freedesktop.org/pkg-config: ^0.29
-  script: |
-    ./autogen.sh
-    ./configure $ARGS
-    make V=1 --jobs {{ hw.concurrency }}
-    make install
+  script:
+    - ./autogen.sh
+    - ./configure $ARGS
+    - make V=1 --jobs {{ hw.concurrency }}
+    - make install
+    - run: sed -i -e 's|{{deps.openssl.org.prefix}}|\${pcfiledir}/../../../../openssl.org/v{{deps.openssl.org.version.major}}|g' *.pc
+      working-directory: '{{prefix}}/lib/pkgconfig'
   env:
     ARGS:
       - --disable-debug-mode