diff --git a/build/cmake/FindLibevent.cmake b/build/cmake/FindLibevent.cmake
index 2bcd709..ac6a078 100644
--- a/build/cmake/FindLibevent.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/FindLibevent.cmake
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@
   list(APPEND LibEvent_LIBRARIES_PATHS "${prefix}/lib")
 endforeach()
 
-find_path(LIBEVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS event.h PATHS ${LibEvent_INCLUDE_PATHS})
-# "lib" prefix is needed on Windows
-find_library(LIBEVENT_LIBRARIES NAMES event libevent PATHS ${LibEvent_LIBRARIES_PATHS})
+# Looking for "event.h" will find the Platform SDK include dir on windows
+# so we also look for a peer header like evhttp.h to get the right path
+find_path(LIBEVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS evhttp.h event.h PATHS ${LibEvent_INCLUDE_PATHS})
+
+# "lib" prefix is needed on Windows in some cases
+# newer versions of libevent use three libraries
+find_library(LIBEVENT_LIBRARIES NAMES event event_core event_extra libevent PATHS ${LibEvent_LIBRARIES_PATHS})
 
 if (LIBEVENT_LIBRARIES AND LIBEVENT_INCLUDE_DIRS)
   set(Libevent_FOUND TRUE)