diff --git a/devel/libevent/Makefile b/devel/libevent/Makefile
index 75c19624163c..0905d21d167b 100644
--- a/devel/libevent/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libevent/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	libevent
-PORTVERSION=	1.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.1a
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	http://monkey.org/~provos/
 
diff --git a/devel/libevent/distinfo b/devel/libevent/distinfo
index bdc3640e272f..ae75140443b6 100644
--- a/devel/libevent/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libevent/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (libevent-1.1.tar.gz) = a5bd281aeb41bdaa48fbbf0495423d20
-SIZE (libevent-1.1.tar.gz) = 346958
+MD5 (libevent-1.1a.tar.gz) = 6cc776458ecaf9247550863702a44d7c
+SIZE (libevent-1.1a.tar.gz) = 347007