diff --git a/changes/bug25474 b/changes/bug25474
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d3bd1c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug25474
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
+    - Fix a c99 compliance issue in our configuration script that was
+      causing compilation issues when compiling Tor with certain
+      versions of xtools. Fixes bug 25474; bugfix on 0.3.2.5-alpha.
+
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 017e9cf65..6c6add187 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -660,7 +660,8 @@ TOR_SEARCH_LIBRARY(libevent, $trylibeventdir, [-levent $STATIC_LIBEVENT_FLAGS $T
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #endif
 struct event_base;
-struct event_base *event_base_new(void);],
+struct event_base *event_base_new(void);
+void event_base_free(struct event_base *);],
     [
 #ifdef _WIN32
 {WSADATA d; WSAStartup(0x101,&d); }