diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index ffc56d6e..d24ccbfc 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ parts:
     source-type: tar
     plugin: autotools
     autotools-configure-parameters:
-      - "--with-libevent-dir=$SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_DIR/../parts/libevent/install/usr/local"
+      - "--with-libevent-dir=$SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/../../libevent/install/usr/local"
     build-packages:
       - libssl-dev
       - zlib1g-dev