diff --git a/depends/packages/libevent.mk b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
index e570e91e5..1157364a5 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libevent.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package=libevent
-$(package)_version=2.1.11-stable
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/archive/
-$(package)_file_name=release-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=229393ab2bf0dc94694f21836846b424f3532585bac3468738b7bf752c03901e
+$(package)_version=2.1.12-stable
+$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-$($(package)_version)/
+$(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
+$(package)_sha256_hash=92e6de1be9ec176428fd2367677e61ceffc2ee1cb119035037a27d346b0403bb
+$(package)_patches = glibc_compatibility.patch
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   ./autogen.sh
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
 endef
 
+define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
+  patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/glibc_compatibility.patch
+endef
+
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
diff --git a/depends/patches/libevent/glibc_compatibility.patch b/depends/patches/libevent/glibc_compatibility.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e27777a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/libevent/glibc_compatibility.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Avoid getrandom@GLIBC_2.25 symbol.
+
+--- old/config.h.in
++++ new/config.h.in
+@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@
+ /* Define to 1 if you have the `getprotobynumber' function. */
+ #undef HAVE_GETPROTOBYNUMBER
+ 
+-/* Define to 1 if you have the `getrandom' function. */
+-#undef HAVE_GETRANDOM
+-
+ /* Define to 1 if you have the `getservbyname' function. */
+ #undef HAVE_GETSERVBYNAME
+