diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c62cbf5c3..fc06d04a3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -178,11 +178,15 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([couchbasemock],
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE([mach/mach_time.h sys/socket.h sys/time.h
                        netinet/in.h inttypes.h netdb.h unistd.h
                        ws2tcpip.h winsock2.h event.h stdint.h
-                       sys/uio.h sys/types.h fcntl.h dlfcn.h])
+                       sys/uio.h sys/types.h fcntl.h dlfcn.h
+                       ev.h libev/ev.h])
 
 AS_IF([test "x$ac_cv_header_stdint_h" != "xyes"],
       [AC_MSG_ERROR(Failed to locate stdint.h)])
 
+AS_IF([test "x$ac_cv_header_libev_ev_h" = "xyes"],
+      [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBEV_EV_H], [1], [Have non-standard place for libev header])])
+
 dnl Allow to build library without event library dependency, which is useful
 dnl if the application already have one.
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([plugins],
@@ -217,7 +221,11 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([for libev3], [ac_cv_have_libev3],
     LIBS=-lev
     AC_TRY_LINK([
       #include <sys/types.h>
+      #ifdef HAVE_LIBEV_EV_H
+      #include <libev/ev.h>
+      #else
       #include <ev.h>
+      #endif
             ],[
       struct ev_loop *loop = ev_loop_new(EVFLAG_AUTO|EVFLAG_NOENV);
       ev_loop(loop, 0);
@@ -238,7 +246,11 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([for libev4], [ac_cv_have_libev4],
     LIBS=-lev
     AC_TRY_LINK([
       #include <sys/types.h>
+      #ifdef HAVE_LIBEV_EV_H
+      #include <libev/ev.h>
+      #else
       #include <ev.h>
+      #endif
             ],[
       struct ev_loop *loop = ev_loop_new(EVFLAG_AUTO|EVFLAG_NOENV);
       ev_run(loop, 0);
diff --git a/plugins/io/libev/libev_io_opts.h b/plugins/io/libev/libev_io_opts.h
index cb6f437e4..331c517ea 100644
--- a/plugins/io/libev/libev_io_opts.h
+++ b/plugins/io/libev/libev_io_opts.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #define LIBCOUCHBASE_LIBEV_IO_OPTS_H 1
 
 #include <libcouchbase/couchbase.h>
-#include <ev.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -37,13 +36,14 @@ extern "C" {
      * Create an instance of an event handler that utilize libev for
      * event notification.
      *
-     * @param loop the event loop to hook use (please note that you shouldn't
-     *             reference the event loop from multiple threads)
+     * @param loop the event loop (struct ev_loop *) to hook use (please
+     *             note that you shouldn't reference the event loop from
+     *             multiple threads)
      * @param io a pointer to a newly created and initialized event handler
      * @return status of the operation
      */
     LIBCOUCHBASE_API
-    lcb_error_t lcb_create_libev_io_opts(lcb_io_opt_t *io, struct ev_loop *loop);
+    lcb_error_t lcb_create_libev_io_opts(lcb_io_opt_t *io, void *loop);
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/io/libev/plugin-libev.c b/plugins/io/libev/plugin-libev.c
index 66b5b245c..51fc775ee 100644
--- a/plugins/io/libev/plugin-libev.c
+++ b/plugins/io/libev/plugin-libev.c
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
  * @author Sergey Avseyev
  */
 #include "config.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBEV_EV_H
+#include <libev/ev.h>
+#else
+#include <ev.h>
+#endif
 #include "libev_io_opts.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -338,8 +343,9 @@ static void lcb_destroy_io_opts(struct lcb_io_opt_st *iops)
 }
 
 LIBCOUCHBASE_API
-lcb_error_t lcb_create_libev_io_opts(lcb_io_opt_t *io, struct ev_loop *loop)
+lcb_error_t lcb_create_libev_io_opts(lcb_io_opt_t *io, void *arg)
 {
+    struct ev_loop *loop = arg;
     struct lcb_io_opt_st *ret = calloc(1, sizeof(*ret));
     struct libev_cookie *cookie = calloc(1, sizeof(*cookie));
     if (ret == NULL || cookie == NULL) {
diff --git a/plugins/io/libevent/libevent_io_opts.h b/plugins/io/libevent/libevent_io_opts.h
index 7958edb5f..fc9d69f09 100644
--- a/plugins/io/libevent/libevent_io_opts.h
+++ b/plugins/io/libevent/libevent_io_opts.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #define LIBCOUCHBASE_LIBEVENT_IO_OPTS_H 1
 
 #include <libcouchbase/couchbase.h>
-#include <event.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -37,13 +36,14 @@ extern "C" {
      * Create an instance of an event handler that utilize libevent for
      * event notification.
      *
-     * @param base the event base to hook use (please note that you shouldn't
-     *             reference the event base from multiple threads)
+     * @param base the event base (struct event_base *) to hook use (please
+     *             note that you shouldn't reference the event base from
+     *             multiple threads)
      * @param io a pointer to a newly created and initialized event handler
      * @return status of the operation
      */
     LIBCOUCHBASE_API
-    lcb_error_t lcb_create_libevent_io_opts(lcb_io_opt_t *io, struct event_base *base);
+    lcb_error_t lcb_create_libevent_io_opts(lcb_io_opt_t *io, void *base);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/plugins/io/libevent/plugin-libevent.c b/plugins/io/libevent/plugin-libevent.c
index 2d3d08742..f1fcbeec9 100644
--- a/plugins/io/libevent/plugin-libevent.c
+++ b/plugins/io/libevent/plugin-libevent.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
+#include <event.h>
 #include "libevent_io_opts.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -329,8 +330,9 @@ static void lcb_destroy_io_opts(struct lcb_io_opt_st *iops)
 }
 
 LIBCOUCHBASE_API
-lcb_error_t lcb_create_libevent_io_opts(lcb_io_opt_t *io, struct event_base *base)
+lcb_error_t lcb_create_libevent_io_opts(lcb_io_opt_t *io, void *arg)
 {
+    struct event_base *base = arg;
     struct lcb_io_opt_st *ret = calloc(1, sizeof(*ret));
     struct libevent_cookie *cookie = calloc(1, sizeof(*cookie));
     if (ret == NULL || cookie == NULL) {