diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/external/libevents.m4 b/source4/lib/ldb/external/libevents.m4
index 6a0e36a..af046f1 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/external/libevents.m4
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/external/libevents.m4
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ AC_SUBST(TEVENT_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(TEVENT_LIBS)
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(tevent.h,
-   [AC_CHECK_LIB(tevent, tevent_context_init, [TEVENT_LIBS="-ltevent"]) ],
+   [AC_CHECK_LIB(tevent, tevent_context_init, [TEVENT_LIBS="-ltevent"], , -ltalloc) ],
    [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(TEVENT, tevent)])