diff --git a/frontend/frontend.c b/frontend/frontend.c
index b5756919fa..25774c5e2c 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend.c
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 
 #include "../general.h"
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include "SDL.h" 
+// OSX seems to really need -lSDLmain, 
+// so we include SDL.h here so it can hack our main.
+// We want to use -mconsole in Win32, so we need main().
+#endif
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_RARCH_MAIN_IMPLEMENTATION
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 589d8dfa5c..7269d089f9 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -46,13 +46,6 @@
 #include "msvc/msvc_compat.h"
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-#include "SDL.h" 
-// OSX seems to really need -lSDLmain, 
-// so we include SDL.h here so it can hack our main.
-// We want to use -mconsole in Win32, so we need main().
-#endif
-
 #if defined(RARCH_CONSOLE) && !defined(RARCH_PERFORMANCE_MODE)
 #define RARCH_PERFORMANCE_MODE
 #endif