diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ac93f0..282134f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ thirdparty/_dist:
 	mkdir -p $@
 	(mkdir $@/lwt && \
 		(cd $(LWT_SRC_DIR) && \
-			./configure --disable-libev && \
+			./configure && \
 			make && \
 			OCAMLFIND_LDCONF=ignore \
 			OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR="$(CURDIR)/$@" \