diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 98592cc77..f4512cdbf 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Other fixes:
  - Qt: Fix saved scale not getting set on resize (fixes mgba.io/i/1074)
  - CMake: Fix .deb imagemagick dependencies
  - Qt: Fix crash in sprite viewer magnification (fixes mgba.io/i/1362)
+ - 3DS: Ensure core 2 can be used for threaded renderer (fixes mgba.io/i/1371)
 Misc:
  - Qt: Add missing HEVC NVENC option (fixes mgba.io/i/1323)
  - Qt: Improve camera initialization
diff --git a/src/platform/3ds/main.c b/src/platform/3ds/main.c
index f08290edc..760d84d87 100644
--- a/src/platform/3ds/main.c
+++ b/src/platform/3ds/main.c
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static C3D_RenderTarget* upscaleBuffer;
 static C3D_Tex upscaleBufferTex;
 
 static aptHookCookie cookie;
+static bool core2;
 
 extern bool allocateRomBuffer(void);
 
@@ -252,9 +253,7 @@ static void _resetCamera(struct m3DSImageSource* imageSource) {
 }
 
 static void _setup(struct mGUIRunner* runner) {
-	bool n3ds = false;
-	APT_CheckNew3DS(&n3ds);
-	if (n3ds) {
+	if (core2) {
 		mCoreConfigSetDefaultIntValue(&runner->config, "threadedVideo", 1);
 		mCoreLoadForeignConfig(runner->core, &runner->config);
 	}
@@ -746,6 +745,10 @@ static void _postAudioBuffer(struct mAVStream* stream, blip_t* left, blip_t* rig
 	}
 }
 
+THREAD_ENTRY _core2Test(void* context) {
+	UNUSED(context);
+}
+
 int main() {
 	rotation.d.sample = _sampleRotation;
 	rotation.d.readTiltX = _readTiltX;
@@ -946,6 +949,12 @@ int main() {
 	APT_SetAppCpuTimeLimit(20);
 	runner.autosave.thread = threadCreate(mGUIAutosaveThread, &runner.autosave, 0x4000, 0x1F, 1, true);
 
+	Thread thread2;
+	if (ThreadCreate(&thread2, _core2Test, NULL) == 0) {
+		core2 = true;
+		ThreadJoin(thread2);
+	}
+
 	mGUIInit(&runner, "3ds");
 
 	_map3DSKey(&runner.params.keyMap, KEY_X, GUI_INPUT_CANCEL);