diff --git a/perl-Event-Lib-1.03-libevent-2.1.patch b/perl-Event-Lib-1.03-libevent-2.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e0e0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl-Event-Lib-1.03-libevent-2.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+--- Event-Lib-1.04/Lib.xs~	2014-09-23 09:06:55.000000000 +0200
++++ Event-Lib-1.04/Lib.xs	2017-04-04 19:35:35.623351764 +0200
+@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
+ void refresh_event (struct event_args *args, char *class) {
+     SV *sv = newSV(0);
+     sv_setref_pv(sv, class, (void*)args);
+-    args->ev.ev_arg = (void*)sv;
++    args->ev.ev_evcallback.evcb_arg = (void*)sv;
+ }
+ 
+ SV * do_exception_handler (pTHX_ short event, SV *ev, SV *err) {
+@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
+      * handlers, in which case the ref-cnt has already been decremented */
+     if (!event_pending(&args->ev, event, NULL)) {
+ 	EvEVENT_SET_off(args);
+-    	SvREFCNT_dec((SV*)args->ev.ev_arg);
++    	SvREFCNT_dec((SV*)args->ev.ev_evcallback.evcb_arg);
+ 	if (SvOK(ev))
+ 	    DEBUG_trace(args);
+     }
+@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
+ 	}
+ 	
+ 	/* Nope, it's another event so it's ok to increment the ref-cnt */
+-	SvREFCNT_inc((SV*)args->ev.ev_arg);
++	SvREFCNT_inc((SV*)args->ev.ev_evcallback.evcb_arg);
+ 	DEBUG_record_event(aTHX_ ST(0));
+ 	DEBUG_trace(args);
+ 	XSRETURN(1);
+@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
+ 	    /* We are not using ST(0) here but instead the loop-back
+ 	     * object stored inside the event because this is what is
+ 	     * decremented in do_callback and incremented in event_add */
+-	    SvREFCNT_dec((SV*)args->ev.ev_arg);
++	    SvREFCNT_dec((SV*)args->ev.ev_evcallback.evcb_arg);
+ 
+ 	DEBUG_trace(args);
+     }
diff --git a/perl-Event-Lib.spec b/perl-Event-Lib.spec
index 72b2a5a..50a1863 100644
--- a/perl-Event-Lib.spec
+++ b/perl-Event-Lib.spec
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 
 Name:          perl-Event-Lib
 Version:       1.03
-Release:       4mamba
+Release:       5mamba
 Summary:       Event::Lib - Perl wrapper around libevent
 Group:         System/Libraries/Perl
 Vendor:        openmamba
 Distribution:  openmamba
-Packager:      Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it>
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
 URL:           http://www.cpan.org
 Source:        http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/V/VP/VPARSEVAL/Event-Lib-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:        %{name}-1.03-arm-fix-missing-off64_t.patch
+Patch1:        perl-Event-Lib-1.03-libevent-2.1.patch
 License:       Artistic, GPL
 Requires:      perl >= %perl_major_ver
-
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel
 BuildRequires: libevent-devel
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ This module is a Perl wrapper around libevent as available from http://monkey.or
 %prep
 %setup -q -n Event-Lib-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=%{_prefix} INSTALLDIRS=vendor
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ rm -f .packlist
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Dec 06 2020 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.03-5mamba
+- rebuilt with patch against libevent 2.1
+
 * Wed Nov 09 2016 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.03-4mamba
 - rebuilt with perl 5.24