diff --git a/setup_links.py b/setup_links.py
index 90a0dd2cd2..4cf91f7e28 100755
--- a/setup_links.py
+++ b/setup_links.py
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ if 'android' in target_os:
     'tools/grit',
     'tools/telemetry',
   ]
+else:
+  DIRECTORIES += [
+    'base/third_party/libevent',
+  ]
+
 if 'ios' in target_os:
   DIRECTORIES.append('third_party/class-dump')
 
diff --git a/webrtc/base/DEPS b/webrtc/base/DEPS
index add7f38be5..bb76adfe31 100644
--- a/webrtc/base/DEPS
+++ b/webrtc/base/DEPS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include_rules = [
+  "+base/third_party/libevent",
   "+json",
   "+third_party/jsoncpp",
   "+webrtc/system_wrappers",