diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d1ef0036..d15db6bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,11 +84,13 @@ SET( AWE_MAN5_NAME  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/awesomerc.5.gz )
 
 SET( AWE_LUADOC_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/apidocgen.txt )
 
+
 ADD_EXECUTABLE( ${PROJECT_AWE_NAME}         ${AWE_SRCS} )
 ADD_EXECUTABLE( ${PROJECT_AWECLIENT_NAME}   ${AWE_CLIENT_SRCS} )
 
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( ${PROJECT_AWE_NAME}  ${AWE_MOD_LIBRARIES}
                                             ${LUA_LIB}
+                                            ${LIB_EV}
                                             ${LIB_READLINE}
                                             ${LIB_NCURSES}
                                             ${LIB_EV}
@@ -117,9 +119,8 @@ IF( AWESOME_GENERATE_MAN )
         ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND( TARGET ${PROJECT_AWECLIENT_NAME} POST_BUILD
                             COMMAND ${ASCIIDOC_EXECUTABLE} -d manpage -b docbook -o ${xmlfile} ${txtfile}
 			    COMMAND ${XMLTO_EXECUTABLE} man ${xmlfile}
-                            COMMAND ${GZIP_EXECUTABLE} -f ${manfile} 
-                            COMMENT "Generating man pages for ${manfile}"
-                            VERBATIM
+                            COMMAND ${GZIP_EXECUTABLE} -f ${manfile}
+                            COMMENT "Generating manpage for ${manfile}"
                             )
     ENDFOREACH( txtfile )
 ENDIF( AWESOME_GENERATE_MAN )
diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index 0686637e..1cd7c708 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ pkg_check_modules( AWE_MOD REQUIRED     glib-2.0
 # Check for readline and ncurse                                    
 FIND_LIBRARY( LIB_READLINE readline )
 FIND_LIBRARY( LIB_NCURSES ncurses )
+FIND_LIBRARY( LIB_EV ev )
 
 # Check for lobev
 FIND_LIBRARY( LIB_EV ev )
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIB NAMES lua5.1 lua
 FIND_PROGRAM( LUA_EXECUTABLE lua )
 
 # Error check
+IF( NOT LIB_EV )
+    MESSAGE( FATAL_ERROR "ev library not found" )
+ENDIF( NOT LIB_EV )
+
 IF( NOT LIB_READLINE )
     MESSAGE( FATAL_ERROR "readline library not found" )
 ENDIF( NOT LIB_READLINE )