diff --git a/src/platform/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/platform/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 49f953e5d..653e45d9a 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/platform/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ enable_language(CXX)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} --std=c++11")
 
 if(BUILD_SDL)
-	find_package(SDL 1.2 REQUIRED)
+	if(NOT SDL_FOUND AND NOT SDL2_FOUND)
+		find_package(SDL 1.2 REQUIRED)
+	endif()
+	if(SDL2_FOUND)
+		link_directories(${SDL2_LIBDIR})
+	endif()
 	set(PLATFORM_LIBRARY "${PLATFORM_LIBRARY};${SDL_LIBRARY};${SDLMAIN_LIBRARY}")
 	set(PLATFORM_SRC ${PLATFORM_SRC} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platform/sdl/sdl-events.c)
 	include_directories(${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platform/sdl)