diff --git a/dev_setup/cookbooks/memcached/recipes/default.rb b/dev_setup/cookbooks/memcached/recipes/default.rb
index c5da4a3b6..9962a587f 100644
--- a/dev_setup/cookbooks/memcached/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/dev_setup/cookbooks/memcached/recipes/default.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   cd libevent-#{node[:libevent][:version]}-stable
   ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/tmp
   make
+  make install
   EOH
   not_if do
     ::File.exists?(File.join(node[:memcached][:path], "bin", "memcached"))