diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/checkers/libevent.py b/cve_bin_tool/checkers/libevent.py
index 98c7d872f1..97778bd52c 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/checkers/libevent.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/checkers/libevent.py
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
 
 class LibeventChecker(Checker):
     CONTAINS_PATTERNS: list[str] = []
-    FILENAME_PATTERNS: list[str] = []
+    FILENAME_PATTERNS: list[str] = [r"libevent"]
     VERSION_PATTERNS = [
         r"libevent using: %s[a-zA-Z%:. \r\n]*([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)-stable",
         r"([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)-stable[0-9a-zA-Z|~,;!&+=*%_<>():'. \[\]\-\r\n]*libevent using:",
+        r"\blibevent[^0-9]*([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)-stable",
+        r"([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)-stable[\x00\r\n]+(?:Inserted events:[\x00\r\n]+)?Active events:",
     ]
     VENDOR_PRODUCT = [("libevent_project", "libevent"), ("niels_provos", "libevent")]
diff --git a/test/test_data/libevent.py b/test/test_data/libevent.py
index 57c14e7071..e70a7a6d77 100644
--- a/test/test_data/libevent.py
+++ b/test/test_data/libevent.py
@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@
         "version": "2.0.21",
         "version_strings": ["2.0.21-stable\nlibevent using:"],
     },
+    {
+        "product": "libevent",
+        "version": "2.1.8",
+        "version_strings": ["libevent-2.1.8-stable"],
+    },
+    {
+        "product": "libevent",
+        "version": "2.1.8",
+        "version_strings": ["2.1.8-stable\nActive events:"],
+    },
+    {
+        "product": "libevent",
+        "version": "2.1.8",
+        "version_strings": ["2.1.8-stable\x00Inserted events:\n\x00Active events:\n"],
+    },
+    {
+        "product": "libevent",
+        "version": "2.1.8",
+        "version_strings": ["2.1.8-stable\x00Active events:\n"],
+    },
 ]
 package_test_data = [
     {