diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.12.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.12.bb
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--- a/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.12.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.12.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 SUMMARY = "An asynchronous event notification library"
+DESCRIPTION = "A software library that provides asynchronous event \
+notification. The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback \
+function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a \
+timeout has been reached. libevent also supports callbacks triggered \
+by signals and regular timeouts"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://libevent.org/"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues"
 SECTION = "libs"