diff --git a/package/netatalk/Config.in b/package/netatalk/Config.in
index e3deaefba4..5c676e99ba 100644
--- a/package/netatalk/Config.in
+++ b/package/netatalk/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NETATALK
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BERKELEYDB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEVENT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR
 	help
diff --git a/package/netatalk/netatalk.mk b/package/netatalk/netatalk.mk
index 684e790523..37115ecd63 100644
--- a/package/netatalk/netatalk.mk
+++ b/package/netatalk/netatalk.mk
@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-NETATALK_VERSION = 3.0
+NETATALK_VERSION = 3.0.5
 NETATALK_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/netatalk/netatalk/$(NETATALK_VERSION)
 NETATALK_SOURCE = netatalk-$(NETATALK_VERSION).tar.bz2
-
 NETATALK_AUTORECONF = YES
 NETATALK_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = netatalk-config
+NETATALK_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf openssl berkeleydb libgcrypt libgpg-error \
+	libevent
 
-NETATALK_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf openssl berkeleydb libgcrypt libgpg-error
-NETATALK_CONF_ENV += CC="$(TARGET_CC) -std=gnu99"
+# Don't run ldconfig!
+NETATALK_CONF_ENV += CC="$(TARGET_CC) -std=gnu99" \
+	ac_cv_path_NETA_LDCONFIG=""
 NETATALK_CONF_OPT += --with-cnid-cdb-backend \
 	--with-bdb=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	--disable-zeroconf \
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ NETATALK_CONF_OPT += --with-cnid-cdb-backend \
 	--with-shadow \
 	--disable-shell-check \
 	--without-kerberos \
-	--without-pam
+	--without-pam \
+	--with-libevent=no
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CUPS),y)
 	NETATALK_DEPENDENCIES += cups