diff --git a/.ci-local/travis-libevent.sh b/.ci-local/travis-libevent.sh
index e21a732..bb1e9e8 100755
--- a/.ci-local/travis-libevent.sh
+++ b/.ci-local/travis-libevent.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ perl --version
 cmake --version
 cmake --help
 
-git clone --branch patches-2.1 https://github.com/libevent/libevent.git
+git clone --branch ${LIBEVENT:-patches-2.1} https://github.com/libevent/libevent.git
 
 mkdir host-libevent
 cd host-libevent
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 81dd9ef..b42865d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
 
 # Different configurations of default gcc and clang
 
-  - env: BASE=7.0
+  - env: BASE=7.0 LIBEVENT=master
 
   - env: BASE=3.15