diff --git a/changes/msvc b/changes/msvc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9975c2d4c6c0055c0b6f85b5a4ca537f03d73f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/msvc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Build fixes (MSVC):
+    - Correctly define HAVE_EVENT_BASE_LOOPEXIT, since we only build
+      with MSVC when using Libevent 2.0 or later. Fixes bug 7308.
+      Reported by "ultramage".
diff --git a/src/win32/orconfig.h b/src/win32/orconfig.h
index 4584228bc60d209be293a4ee1d14dc37461a33c7..1d7a5f6fe91ad7550aabdf899628065c78df10df 100644
--- a/src/win32/orconfig.h
+++ b/src/win32/orconfig.h
@@ -247,4 +247,5 @@
 #define RSHIFT_DOES_SIGN_EXTEND
 #define FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER 0
 #define HAVE_EVENT2_EVENT_H
+#define HAVE_EVENT_BASE_LOOPEXIT
 #define SHARE_DATADIR ""