diff --git a/templates/libevent/depends b/templates/libevent/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf26dbde8bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/libevent/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=1.4.9
+api_depends=${abi_depends}
diff --git a/templates/libevent/template b/templates/libevent/template
index aec0ff015b1..d1d5ea07fd5 100644
--- a/templates/libevent/template
+++ b/templates/libevent/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'libevent'
 pkgname=libevent
-version=1.4.9
+version=1.4.12
 wrksrc="$pkgname-$version-stable"
 distfiles="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/$pkgname-$version-stable.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="Abstract asynchronous event notification library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=f5c72e07db5554e9c888dda6a5f7feb86f266e98ffa3f7cdb1e66b030d1d2cbf
+checksum=1174f513253bcecf820de246bb64f71ccf13c033ce1a25fca015f9caa92ae0f6
 long_desc="
  The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function
  when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout