diff --git a/src/main/select.c b/src/main/select.c
index 08ff837f7..61749d10d 100644
--- a/src/main/select.c
+++ b/src/main/select.c
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ do {							\
 #define FD_SETSIZE 1024
 #endif
 
+#ifdef USE_LIBEVENT
+const char *
+get_libevent_version(void)
+{
+	return event_get_version();
+}
+#else
+const char *
+get_libevent_version(void)
+{
+	return "";
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
 #define DEBUG_CALLS
 */
diff --git a/src/main/select.h b/src/main/select.h
index 02c48781a..24a2644a8 100644
--- a/src/main/select.h
+++ b/src/main/select.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ int can_write(int fd);
 
 void terminate_select(void);
 
+const char *get_libevent_version(void);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main/version.c b/src/main/version.c
index 6caf7a42f..fd4722934 100644
--- a/src/main/version.c
+++ b/src/main/version.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "intl/libintl.h"
 #include "main/module.h"
+#include "main/select.h"
 #include "main/version.h"
 #include "terminal/terminal.h"
 #include "util/error.h"
@@ -172,10 +173,10 @@ get_dyn_full_version(struct terminal *term, int more)
 		comma, _("Combining characters", term),
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBEV
-		comma, (event_enabled ? _("libev", term) : _("libev (disabled)", term)),
+		comma, (event_enabled ? _("libev", term) : _("libev (disabled)", term)), "(", get_libevent_version(), ")",
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBEVENT
-		comma, (event_enabled ? _("libevent", term) : _("libevent (disabled)", term)),
+		comma, (event_enabled ? _("libevent", term) : _("libevent (disabled)", term)), "(", get_libevent_version(), ")",
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TERMINFO
 		comma, (get_cmd_opt_bool("terminfo") ? _("terminfo", term) : _("terminfo (disabled)", term)),