diff --git a/src/test/include.am b/src/test/include.am
index 8622fcbaa1..9bfc626b28 100644
--- a/src/test/include.am
+++ b/src/test/include.am
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ src_test_test_LDADD = \
 src_test_test_slow_CPPFLAGS = $(src_test_test_CPPFLAGS)
 src_test_test_slow_CFLAGS = $(src_test_test_CFLAGS)
 src_test_test_slow_LDADD = $(src_test_test_LDADD)
-src_test_test_slow_LDFLAGS =@TOR_LDFLAGS_openssl@
+src_test_test_slow_LDFLAGS = @TOR_LDFLAGS_openssl@ @TOR_LDFLAGS_libevent@
 
 src_test_test_rng_CPPFLAGS = $(src_test_test_CPPFLAGS)
 src_test_test_rng_CFLAGS = $(src_test_test_CFLAGS)