diff --git a/libevent-2.0.10-stable-configure.patch b/libevent-2.0.10-stable-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16a5628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libevent-2.0.10-stable-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -up libevent-2.0.10-stable/configure.in.orig libevent-2.0.10-stable/configure.in
+--- libevent-2.0.10-stable/configure.in.orig	2011-02-07 16:57:19.533353716 -0500
++++ libevent-2.0.10-stable/configure.in	2011-02-07 16:57:33.387228623 -0500
+@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname_r, [
+ ])
+ 
+ 
+-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long)
+-
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for F_SETFD in fcntl.h)
+ AC_EGREP_CPP(yes,
+ [
+@@ -436,12 +434,7 @@ AC_CHECK_TYPES([fd_mask], , ,
+ #include <sys/select.h>
+ #endif])
+ 
+-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long long)
+-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long)
+-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(int)
+-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(short)
+ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(size_t)
+-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(void *)
+ 
+ AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct in6_addr, struct sockaddr_in6, sa_family_t, struct addrinfo], , ,
+ [#define _GNU_SOURCE