diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindEvent.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindEvent.cmake
--- a/cmake/modules/FindEvent.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindEvent.cmake
@@ -11,7 +11,25 @@
 
 find_path(EVENT_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES event.h)
 find_library(EVENT_LIBRARY NAMES event libevent)
-find_library(EVENT_PTHREAD_LIBRARY event_pthreads)
+
+if(NOT TARGET Event)
+	# Create a library to be used
+	add_library(Event STATIC IMPORTED)
+	set_target_properties(Event PROPERTIES
+		IMPORTED_LOCATION ${EVENT_LIBRARY}
+		INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${EVENT_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+	# On windows, libevent depends on ws2_32
+	if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
+		find_library(WS2_32_LIBRARY NAMES ws2_32)
+		set_target_properties(Event PROPERTIES
+			IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES ${WS2_32_LIBRARY})
+	else()
+		find_library(EVENT_PTHREAD_LIBRARY event_pthreads)
+		set_target_properties(Event PROPERTIES
+			IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES ${EVENT_PTHREAD_LIBRARY})
+	endif()
+endif()
 
 message(STATUS "libevent: " ${EVENT_LIBRARY})
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -221,23 +221,15 @@
 # This require libevent
 find_package(Event REQUIRED)
 
-target_include_directories(server
-	PRIVATE
-		leveldb/helpers/memenv
-		${EVENT_INCLUDE_DIR}
-)
+target_include_directories(server PRIVATE leveldb/helpers/memenv)
 
 target_link_libraries(server
-	${EVENT_LIBRARY}
+	Event
 	bitcoinconsensus
 	leveldb
 	memenv
 )
 
-if(NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
-	target_link_libraries(server ${EVENT_PTHREAD_LIBRARY})
-endif()
-
 # Test suite.
 add_subdirectory(test)
 
@@ -269,8 +261,7 @@
 		target_sources(bitcoin-cli PRIVATE bitcoin-cli-res.rc)
 	endif()
 
-	target_include_directories(bitcoin-cli PRIVATE ${EVENT_INCLUDE_DIR})
-	target_link_libraries(bitcoin-cli common rpcclient ${EVENT_LIBRARY})
+	target_link_libraries(bitcoin-cli common rpcclient Event)
 endif()
 
 # bitcoin-tx
diff --git a/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
 	walletdb.cpp
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(wallet util univalue ${BDBXX_LIBRARY} ${EVENT_LIBRARY})
+target_link_libraries(wallet util univalue Event ${BDBXX_LIBRARY})
 
-target_include_directories(wallet
-	PUBLIC
-		${BDBXX_INCLUDE_DIR}
-	PRIVATE
-		${EVENT_INCLUDE_DIR}
-)
+target_include_directories(wallet PUBLIC ${BDBXX_INCLUDE_DIR})