diff --git a/tor.spec.in b/tor.spec.in
index 36921a4cab..a26f7b832a 100644
--- a/tor.spec.in
+++ b/tor.spec.in
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Requires: openssl >= 0.9.6
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel >= 0.9.6, rpm >= 4.0, zlib-devel
 %else 
 Requires: openssl >= 0.9.6
-BuildRequires: openssl-devel >= 0.9.6, libevent-devel >= 1.2
+BuildRequires: openssl-devel >= 0.9.6, libevent-devel >= 1.1a
 %endif
 %if %{is_fc}
 BuildRequires: rpm-build >= 4.0