diff --git a/libevent-1.3b-longer-polltime.patch b/libevent-1.3b-longer-polltime.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6826a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libevent-1.3b-longer-polltime.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- libevent-1.3b/event.h.orig	2007-03-03 23:05:08.000000000 -0500
++++ libevent-1.3b/event.h	2007-03-09 10:25:32.000000000 -0500
+@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct eventop {
+ 	void (*dealloc)(void *);
+ };
+ 
+-#define TIMEOUT_DEFAULT	{5, 0}
++#define TIMEOUT_DEFAULT	{60, 0}
+ 
+ void *event_init(void);
+ int event_dispatch(void);