diff --git a/extra/hiredis/libevent.h b/extra/hiredis/libevent.h
index 4473d59..63d6663 100644
--- a/extra/hiredis/libevent.h
+++ b/extra/hiredis/libevent.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-typedef unsigned char u_char; /* libevents needs u_char */
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <event.h>
 #include <hiredis.h>