diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 8084937..33f0d2c 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ steps:
       - name: deps
         path: /go
     commands:
+      - apt update
+      - apt install libevent-2.1-7    
       - export PATH=`pwd`:$PATH
       - tor --version
       - go test -timeout=30m -race -v cwtch.im/cwtch/testing/
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ steps:
       - name: deps
         path: /go
     commands:
+      - apt update
+      - apt install libevent-2.1-7    
       - export PATH=`pwd`:$PATH
       - go test -timeout=20m -race -v cwtch.im/cwtch/testing/filesharing
   - name: filesharing-autodownload-integ-test
@@ -58,6 +62,8 @@ steps:
       - name: deps
         path: /go
     commands:
+      - apt update
+      - apt install libevent-2.1-7 
       - export PATH=`pwd`:$PATH
       - go test -timeout=20m -race -v cwtch.im/cwtch/testing/autodownload
   - name: notify-gogs