diff --git a/include/event2/event_struct.h b/include/event2/event_struct.h
index 83ac2232..9d7111b4 100644
--- a/include/event2/event_struct.h
+++ b/include/event2/event_struct.h
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ struct {								\
 }
 #endif /* !TAILQ_ENTRY */
 
+/* Fix so that people don't have to run with <sys/queue.h> */
+#ifndef LIST_ENTRY
+#define _EVENT_DEFINED_LISTENTRY
+#define LIST_ENTRY(type)						\
+struct {								\
+	struct type *le_next;	/* next element */			\
+	struct type **le_prev;	/* address of previous next element */	\
+}
+#endif /* !TAILQ_ENTRY */
+
 struct event_base;
 struct event {
 	TAILQ_ENTRY (event) (ev_active_next);
@@ -131,6 +141,14 @@ TAILQ_HEAD (event_list, event);
 TAILQ_HEAD (evkeyvalq, evkeyval);
 #endif /* _EVENT_DEFINED_TQENTRY */
 
+#ifdef _EVENT_DEFINED_LISTENTRY
+#undef LIST_ENTRY
+struct event_dlist;
+#undef _EVENT_DEFINED_LISTENTRY
+#else
+LIST_HEAD (event_dlist, event);
+#endif /* _EVENT_DEFINED_LISTENTRY */
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif