diff --git a/programming/misc/libtevent/actions.py b/programming/misc/libtevent/actions.py
index 8d86f14112..c027243370 100644
--- a/programming/misc/libtevent/actions.py
+++ b/programming/misc/libtevent/actions.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def setup():
     autotools.configure("\
                          --builtin-libraries=replace \
                          --bundled-libraries=NONE \
+                         --extra-python=/usr/bin/python \
                          --disable-rpath \
                         ")
 
diff --git a/programming/misc/libtevent/pspec.xml b/programming/misc/libtevent/pspec.xml
index 245c4afec3..f4db3eaf42 100644
--- a/programming/misc/libtevent/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/misc/libtevent/pspec.xml
@@ -12,14 +12,17 @@
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <Summary>Event system based on the talloc memory management library</Summary>
         <Description>libtevent is an event system based on the talloc memory management library. It is the core event system used in Samba. Tevent has support for many event types, including timers, signals, and the classic file descriptor events.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="5b1c1c2bed1323ee5088b211f3e2d29d8822a10b" type="targz">https://www.samba.org/ftp/tevent/tevent-0.9.37.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="96adb8a34c6838e2b8bd2f9a874e9bb18d79ccff" type="targz">https://www.samba.org/ftp/tevent/tevent-0.9.39.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>python-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libbsd-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gdb-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libtalloc-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libxslt</Dependency>
             <Dependency>docbook-xsl</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libtirpc-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>rpcsvc-proto-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>
 
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@
             <Dependency>libtalloc</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libbsd</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib</Path>
@@ -49,6 +53,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="8">
+            <Date>2019-04-04</Date>
+            <Version>0.9.39</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="7">
             <Date>2018-08-06</Date>
             <Version>0.9.37</Version>