diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e6eb5f55e..7f38c553c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -304,26 +304,14 @@ endif()
 
 set(THIRD_PARTY_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party)
 
-if(WIN32)
-    tr_add_external_auto_library(EVENT2 libevent event
-        CMAKE_ARGS
-            "-DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL:BOOL=ON"
-            "-DEVENT__DISABLE_SAMPLES:BOOL=ON"
-            "-DEVENT__LIBRARY_TYPE:STRING=STATIC")
-else()
-    set(EVENT2_CONFIGURE_FLAGS)
-    if(APPLE)
-        if(CRYPTO_PKG STREQUAL "openssl")
-            list(APPEND EVENT2_CONFIGURE_FLAGS "CPPFLAGS=-I${CRYPTO_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-        else()
-            list(APPEND EVENT2_CONFIGURE_FLAGS "CPPFLAGS=-I${THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/openssl/include")
-        endif()
-    endif()
-    tr_add_external_auto_library(EVENT2 libevent event
-        BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND "<SOURCE_DIR>/autogen.sh"
-                  COMMAND "<SOURCE_DIR>/configure" "--prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>" "--disable-shared" "--disable-openssl" "--disable-samples" ${EVENT2_CONFIGURE_FLAGS})
-endif()
+tr_add_external_auto_library(EVENT2 libevent event
+    CMAKE_ARGS
+        -DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL:BOOL=ON
+        -DEVENT__DISABLE_BENCHMARK:BOOL=ON
+        -DEVENT__DISABLE_TESTS:BOOL=ON
+        -DEVENT__DISABLE_REGRESS:BOOL=ON
+        -DEVENT__DISABLE_SAMPLES:BOOL=ON
+        -DEVENT__LIBRARY_TYPE:STRING=STATIC)
 
 tr_add_external_auto_library(NATPMP libnatpmp natpmp)
 if(NOT USE_SYSTEM_NATPMP)
diff --git a/cmake/TrMacros.cmake b/cmake/TrMacros.cmake
index ce7690a62..a31b480e7 100644
--- a/cmake/TrMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/TrMacros.cmake
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ macro(tr_add_external_auto_library ID DIRNAME LIBNAME)
         set(${ID}_INCLUDE_DIRS ${${ID}_INCLUDE_DIR})
         set(${ID}_LIBRARIES ${${ID}_LIBRARY})
 
+        set(${ID}_EXT_PROJ_CMAKE_ARGS)
+        if(APPLE)
+            string(REPLACE ";" "$<SEMICOLON>" ${ID}_CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
+            list(APPEND ${ID}_EXT_PROJ_CMAKE_ARGS
+                "-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING=${${ID}_CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}"
+                "-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET:STRING=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}"
+                "-DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT:PATH=${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}")
+        endif()
+
         ExternalProject_Add(
             ${${ID}_UPSTREAM_TARGET}
             URL "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party/${DIRNAME}"
@@ -101,6 +110,7 @@ macro(tr_add_external_auto_library ID DIRNAME LIBNAME)
                 "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}"
                 "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}"
                 "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>"
+                ${${ID}_EXT_PROJ_CMAKE_ARGS}
             BUILD_BYPRODUCTS "${${ID}_LIBRARY}"
         )