1 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/httpserver.cpp b/src/httpserver.cpp
index 347433eb11..e7df23295d 100644
--- a/src/httpserver.cpp
+++ b/src/httpserver.cpp
@@ -384,15 +384,13 @@ bool InitHTTPServer()
 
     // Redirect libevent's logging to our own log
     event_set_log_callback(&libevent_log_cb);
-#if LIBEVENT_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x02010100
-    // If -debug=libevent, set full libevent debugging.
-    // Otherwise, disable all libevent debugging.
-    if (LogAcceptCategory(BCLog::LIBEVENT)) {
-        event_enable_debug_logging(EVENT_DBG_ALL);
-    } else {
-        event_enable_debug_logging(EVENT_DBG_NONE);
+    // Update libevent's log handling. Returns false if our version of
+    // libevent doesn't support debug logging, in which case we should
+    // clear the BCLog::LIBEVENT flag.
+    if (!UpdateHTTPServerLogging(logCategories & BCLog::LIBEVENT)) {
+        logCategories &= ~BCLog::LIBEVENT;
     }
-#endif
+
 #ifdef WIN32
     evthread_use_windows_threads();
 #else
@@ -435,6 +433,20 @@ bool InitHTTPServer()
     return true;
 }
 
+bool UpdateHTTPServerLogging(bool enable) {
+#if LIBEVENT_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x02010100
+    if (enable) {
+        event_enable_debug_logging(EVENT_DBG_ALL);
+    } else {
+        event_enable_debug_logging(EVENT_DBG_NONE);
+    }
+    return true;
+#else
+    // Can't update libevent logging if version < 02010100
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 std::thread threadHTTP;
 std::future<bool> threadResult;