--- rxvt-unicode/src/ev_cpp.h	2007/11/18 02:41:02	1.3
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/ev_cpp.h	2007/11/22 05:40:31	1.4
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 #define EV_USE_POLL 0
 #define EV_MULTIPLICITY 0
 #define EV_PERIODICS 0
+
+#ifndef __NetBSD__
+// disable kqueue on anything but netbsd, as its broken
+// on freebsd, openbsd and darwin
+# define EV_USE_KQUEUE 0
+#endif
+
 #include "ev++.h"