diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent/run-ptest b/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent/run-ptest
index 0241851..080806d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent/run-ptest
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent/run-ptest
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-fail=0
+# run-ptest - 'ptest' test infrastructure shell script that
+#   wraps the libevent test scripts 
+#
+# Trevor Gamblin <trevor.gamblin@windriver.com>
+###############################################################
+LIBEVENTLIB=@libdir@/libevent
+LOG="${LIBEVENTLIB}/ptest/libevent_ptest_$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log"
+
+cd ${LIBEVENTLIB}/ptest 
+
 for test in ./test/*
 do
-	$test
-	if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-	then
-		fail=1
-	fi
+    $test 2>&1| sed -e '/OK/ s/^/PASS: / ; /FAILED/ s/^/FAIL: / ; /SKIPPED/ s/^/SKIP: / ; /DISABLED/ s/^/SKIP: /' | cut -f1,2 -d ':' | tee -a ${LOG}
 done
 
-if [ $fail -eq 0 ]
-then
-	echo "PASS: libevent"
-else
-	echo "FAIL: libevent"
-fi
+passed=`grep PASS ${LOG}|wc -l`
+failed=`grep FAIL ${LOG}|wc -l`
+skipped=`grep -E SKIP ${LOG}|wc -l`
+all=$((passed + failed + skipped))
+
+(   echo "=== Test Summary ==="
+    echo "TOTAL: ${all}"
+    echo "PASSED: ${passed}"
+    echo "FAILED: ${failed}"
+    echo "SKIPPED: ${skipped}"
+) | tee -a ${LOG}
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.11.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.11.bb
index 1e18f0a..f005ab8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.11.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.11.bb
@@ -43,4 +43,7 @@
 	do
 		install -m 0755 $file ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test
 	done
+        
+        # handle multilib
+        sed -i s:@libdir@:${libdir}:g ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/run-ptest
 }