diff --git a/Libraries/libevent/build b/Libraries/libevent/build
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+#!/usr/bin/env modbuild
+
+pbuild::set_download_url "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-$V-stable/$P-$V-stable.tar.gz"
+pbuild::add_to_group 'Libraries'
+
+pbuild::install_docfiles 'LICENSE'
+
+pbuild::make_all
+
diff --git a/Libraries/libevent/files/variants b/Libraries/libevent/files/variants
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+++ b/Libraries/libevent/files/variants
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+libevent/2.1.8	unstable
diff --git a/Libraries/libevent/modulefile b/Libraries/libevent/modulefile
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+#%Module1.0
+
+module-whatis		"an event notification library"
+module-url		"http://libevent.org/"
+module-license		"Open source, see $PREFIX/share/doc/libevent/LICENSE"
+module-maintainer	"Achim Gsell <achim.gsell@psi.ch>"
+
+module-help		"
+The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when
+a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been
+reached. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks due to signals or
+regular timeouts.
+
+libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven network
+servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and then add or
+remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop. 
+"
+