diff --git a/libraries/libevent/libevent.SlackBuild b/libraries/libevent/libevent.SlackBuild
index eba08a3d61..dd46a10207 100644
--- a/libraries/libevent/libevent.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libevent/libevent.SlackBuild
@@ -1,15 +1,35 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
+#!/bin/sh
 
 # Slackware build script for libevent
-# Written by Erik Hanson  erik@slackbuilds.org
+
+# Copyright 2009  Erik W. Hanson, Minneapolis, MN, USA
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
+# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
+# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libevent
-VERSION=1.4.11
-SRCVER=1.4.11-stable
+VERSION=1.4.13
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
+SRCVER=${VERSION}-stable
+
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
@@ -26,6 +46,8 @@ elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
   LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 fi
 
+set -eu
+
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
@@ -38,11 +60,11 @@ chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --enable-static=no \
-  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
@@ -50,10 +72,12 @@ make install-strip DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 gzip -9 $PKG/usr/man/man?/*.?
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION $PKG/install
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a README ChangeLog $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/libraries/libevent/libevent.info b/libraries/libevent/libevent.info
index 44831fc620..a99a4c7771 100644
--- a/libraries/libevent/libevent.info
+++ b/libraries/libevent/libevent.info
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="libevent"
-VERSION="1.4.11"
+VERSION="1.4.13"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent-1.4.11-stable.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="3d2dfe659a84441dd27e4587b5ffe0fe"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent-1.4.13-stable.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="0b3ea18c634072d12b3c1ee734263664"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Erik Hanson"
 EMAIL="erik@slackbuilds.org"
 APPROVED="rworkman"