diff --git a/projects/libevent/Dockerfile b/projects/libevent/Dockerfile
index 04fdc04f2..0c34bd755 100644
--- a/projects/libevent/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/libevent/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
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 FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y make autoconf automake libtool cmake
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y make autoconf automake libtool cmake pkg-config
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/libevent/libevent.git libevent
 WORKDIR libevent
 COPY build.sh *.cc $SRC/