diff --git a/opal/mca/event/libevent207/Makefile.am b/opal/mca/event/libevent207/Makefile.am
index 9bde8f77e5..eb4476b706 100644
--- a/opal/mca/event/libevent207/Makefile.am
+++ b/opal/mca/event/libevent207/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2010      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2010      Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
 # $COPYRIGHT$
 # 
 # Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
 
 EXTRA_DIST = .windows
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/libevent -I$(srcdir)/libevent/include -I$(builddir)/libevent/include
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/libevent -I$(srcdir)/libevent/include -I$(builddir)/libevent/include -I$(srcdir)/libevent/compat
 
 SUBDIRS = libevent
 
diff --git a/opal/mca/event/libevent207/libevent207.h b/opal/mca/event/libevent207/libevent207.h
index a6f656a57d..1b71eb8ecb 100644
--- a/opal/mca/event/libevent207/libevent207.h
+++ b/opal/mca/event/libevent207/libevent207.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved. 
+ * Copyright (c) 2010      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010      Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
-#include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #ifndef WIN32