diff --git a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/hlfr b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/hlfr
index 4d7edd9dbd..e060720fd2 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/hlfr
+++ b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/hlfr
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ enable_multicast=yes
 enable_heartbeat=yes
 enable_sensors=yes
 enable_opal_multi_threads=yes
+enable_event_thread_support=yes
 enable_ft_thread=no
 enable_mem_debug=no
 enable_mem_profile=no
diff --git a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/hlfr-optimized b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/hlfr-optimized
index 24c898392c..3078f6c1d1 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/hlfr-optimized
+++ b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/hlfr-optimized
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ enable_multicast=yes
 enable_heartbeat=yes
 enable_sensors=yes
 enable_opal_multi_threads=yes
+enable_event_thread_support=yes
 enable_ft_thread=no
 enable_mem_debug=no
 enable_mem_profile=no
diff --git a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/ludd b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/ludd
index b0cac74818..1278beabf8 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/ludd
+++ b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/ludd
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ enable_dlopen=yes
 enable_multicast=yes
 enable_sensors=yes
 enable_opal_multi_threads=yes
+enable_event_thread_support=yes
 enable_ft_thread=no
 enable_mem_debug=no
 enable_mem_profile=no
diff --git a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/ludd-optimized b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/ludd-optimized
index a4deefd44a..4ef9dde304 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/ludd-optimized
+++ b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/ludd-optimized
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ enable_dlopen=yes
 enable_multicast=yes
 enable_sensors=yes
 enable_opal_multi_threads=yes
+enable_event_thread_support=yes
 enable_ft_thread=no
 enable_mem_debug=no
 enable_mem_profile=no
diff --git a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/native b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/native
index 7ebec70344..65b61c4174 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/native
+++ b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/native
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ enable_multicast=yes
 enable_sensors=yes
 enable_heartbeat=yes
 enable_opal_multi_threads=yes
+enable_event_thread_support=yes
 enable_ft_thread=no
 enable_mem_debug=no
 enable_mem_profile=no
diff --git a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/native-optimized b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/native-optimized
index e20d0ce655..a88d584abe 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/native-optimized
+++ b/contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/native-optimized
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ enable_multicast=yes
 enable_sensors=yes
 enable_heartbeat=yes
 enable_opal_multi_threads=yes
+enable_event_thread_support=yes
 enable_ft_thread=no
 enable_mem_debug=no
 enable_mem_profile=no
diff --git a/contrib/platform/cisco/macosx-dynamic b/contrib/platform/cisco/macosx-dynamic
index febd8b1d6f..d0a7bda6c9 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/cisco/macosx-dynamic
+++ b/contrib/platform/cisco/macosx-dynamic
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 enable_event_debug=yes
+enable_event_thread_support=yes
 enable_heartbeat=yes
 enable_multicast=yes
 enable_sensors=yes