diff --git a/ports/libevent/portfile.cmake b/ports/libevent/portfile.cmake
index 0a6844c9ac..d89df926c3 100644
--- a/ports/libevent/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libevent/portfile.cmake
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ vcpkg_replace_string(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libevent/LibeventTargets-${_t
     "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}"
     "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}"
 )
+vcpkg_replace_string(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libevent/LibeventConfig.cmake "${SOURCE_PATH}/include;${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel/include" "")
 vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
diff --git a/ports/libevent/vcpkg.json b/ports/libevent/vcpkg.json
index 52dd90b20b..70e05c8cc2 100644
--- a/ports/libevent/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/libevent/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "libevent",
   "version": "2.1.12",
-  "port-version": 4,
+  "port-version": 5,
   "description": "An event notification library",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent",
   "supports": "!uwp",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 2bc9ae4cbb..f85cc13546 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3434,7 +3434,7 @@
     },
     "libevent": {
       "baseline": "2.1.12",
-      "port-version": 4
+      "port-version": 5
     },
     "libevhtp": {
       "baseline": "1.2.18",
diff --git a/versions/l-/libevent.json b/versions/l-/libevent.json
index 308325b018..e3f6e6a1e8 100644
--- a/versions/l-/libevent.json
+++ b/versions/l-/libevent.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "4c3a73b8448f16fa69e497ef6f1df41a261a9b54",
+      "version": "2.1.12",
+      "port-version": 5
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "0405b56180d4920314ae69183ed5184a6017f7a9",
       "version": "2.1.12",