diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/Config.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/Config.cs
index d59ce5944e..3d15486c3f 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/Config.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/Config.cs
@@ -447,5 +447,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		public int AVWriterResizeHeight { get; set; } = 0;
 
 		public int AVWriterResizeWidth { get; set; } = 0;
+
+		public bool GCAdapterSupportEnabled { get; set; } = false;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index 00915a1c41..4e3d71c755 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -549,6 +549,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				}
 			};
 
+			if (!Config.GCAdapterSupportEnabled)
+			{
+				// annoyingly this isn't an SDL hint in SDL2, only in SDL3, have to use an environment variables to signal this
+				Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("SDL_HIDAPI_DISABLE_LIBUSB", "1");
+			}
+
 			Input.Instance = new Input(
 				Handle,
 				() => Config,
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/EmuHawkOptions.Designer.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/EmuHawkOptions.Designer.cs
index 9c02b57039..9003f668b5 100755
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/EmuHawkOptions.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/EmuHawkOptions.Designer.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 			this.tabControl1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TabControl();
 			this.tabPage1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TabPage();
 			this.cbMergeLAndRModifierKeys = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
+			this.cbEnableGCAdapterSupport = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
 			this.HandleAlternateKeyboardLayoutsCheckBox = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
 			this.NeverAskSaveCheckbox = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
 			this.label2 = new BizHawk.WinForms.Controls.LocLabelEx();
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
 			// OkBtn
 			// 
 			this.OkBtn.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
-			this.OkBtn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(280, 371);
+			this.OkBtn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(280, 394);
 			this.OkBtn.Name = "OkBtn";
 			this.OkBtn.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(60, 23);
 			this.OkBtn.TabIndex = 0;
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@
 			// 
 			this.CancelBtn.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
 			this.CancelBtn.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel;
-			this.CancelBtn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(346, 371);
+			this.CancelBtn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(346, 394);
 			this.CancelBtn.Name = "CancelBtn";
 			this.CancelBtn.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(60, 23);
 			this.CancelBtn.TabIndex = 1;
@@ -112,11 +113,12 @@
 			this.tabControl1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(9, 12);
 			this.tabControl1.Name = "tabControl1";
 			this.tabControl1.SelectedIndex = 0;
-			this.tabControl1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(400, 354);
+			this.tabControl1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(400, 377);
 			this.tabControl1.TabIndex = 2;
 			// 
 			// tabPage1
 			// 
+			this.tabPage1.Controls.Add(this.cbEnableGCAdapterSupport);
 			this.tabPage1.Controls.Add(this.cbMergeLAndRModifierKeys);
 			this.tabPage1.Controls.Add(this.HandleAlternateKeyboardLayoutsCheckBox);
 			this.tabPage1.Controls.Add(this.NeverAskSaveCheckbox);
@@ -136,6 +138,16 @@
 			this.tabPage1.Text = "General";
 			this.tabPage1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
 			// 
+			// cbEnableGCAdapterSupport
+			// 
+			this.cbEnableGCAdapterSupport.AutoSize = true;
+			this.cbEnableGCAdapterSupport.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(7, 191);
+			this.cbEnableGCAdapterSupport.Name = "cbEnableGCAdapterSupport";
+			this.cbEnableGCAdapterSupport.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(320, 17);
+			this.cbEnableGCAdapterSupport.TabIndex = 29;
+			this.cbEnableGCAdapterSupport.Text = "Enable Wii U/Switch GameCube Adapter Support";
+			this.cbEnableGCAdapterSupport.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+			// 
 			// cbMergeLAndRModifierKeys
 			// 
 			this.cbMergeLAndRModifierKeys.AutoSize = true;
@@ -239,7 +251,7 @@
 			this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.StartFullScreenCheckbox);
 			this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.label3);
 			this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.SingleInstanceModeCheckbox);
-			this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(6, 191);
+			this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(6, 214);
 			this.groupBox1.Name = "groupBox1";
 			this.groupBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(369, 133);
 			this.groupBox1.TabIndex = 15;
@@ -497,7 +509,7 @@
 			this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
 			this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
 			this.CancelButton = this.CancelBtn;
-			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(418, 401);
+			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(418, 424);
 			this.Controls.Add(this.tabControl1);
 			this.Controls.Add(this.CancelBtn);
 			this.Controls.Add(this.OkBtn);
@@ -564,5 +576,6 @@
 		private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox NoMixedKeyPriorityCheckBox;
 		private WinForms.Controls.LocLabelEx locLabelEx1;
 		private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox cbMergeLAndRModifierKeys;
+		private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox cbEnableGCAdapterSupport;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/EmuHawkOptions.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/EmuHawkOptions.cs
index e3185f0eff..07e72e372a 100755
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/EmuHawkOptions.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/EmuHawkOptions.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			_autoFlushSaveRamTimerBumpCallback = autoFlushSaveRamTimerBumpCallback;
 			_config = config;
 			InitializeComponent();
+			cbEnableGCAdapterSupport.Text = OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost
+				? "Enable Wii U/Switch GameCube Adapter Support (via libusb)"
+				: "Enable Wii U/Switch GameCube Adapter Support (via Zadig/WinUSB)";
 		}
 
 		public int AutosaveSaveRAMSeconds
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			cbMoviesOnDisk.Checked = _config.Movies.MoviesOnDisk;
 			cbSkipWaterboxIntegrityChecks.Checked = _config.SkipWaterboxIntegrityChecks;
 			NoMixedKeyPriorityCheckBox.Checked = _config.NoMixedInputHokeyOverride;
+			cbEnableGCAdapterSupport.Checked = _config.GCAdapterSupportEnabled;
 		}
 
 		private void OkBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
@@ -118,6 +122,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			_config.Movies.MoviesOnDisk = cbMoviesOnDisk.Checked;
 			_config.SkipWaterboxIntegrityChecks = cbSkipWaterboxIntegrityChecks.Checked;
 			_config.NoMixedInputHokeyOverride = NoMixedKeyPriorityCheckBox.Checked;
+			_config.GCAdapterSupportEnabled = cbEnableGCAdapterSupport.Checked;
 
 			Close();
 			DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;