diff --git a/libtransmission/JSON_parser.h b/libtransmission/JSON_parser.h
index 32b405de8..c18fa9007 100644
--- a/libtransmission/JSON_parser.h
+++ b/libtransmission/JSON_parser.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /* Determine the integer type use to parse non-floating point numbers */
+#include <stdarg.h> /* some 1.4.x versions of evutil.h need this */
 #include <evutil.h>
 typedef ev_int64_t JSON_int_t;
 
diff --git a/libtransmission/net.c b/libtransmission/net.c
index 9707c29e5..b739f96e3 100644
--- a/libtransmission/net.c
+++ b/libtransmission/net.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #endif
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#include <stdarg.h> /* 1.4.x versions of evutil.h need this */
+#include <stdarg.h> /* some 1.4.x versions of evutil.h need this */
 #include <evutil.h>
 
 #include "transmission.h"