From f2eae7ce33a5ff2946cf168b9ee5394b2d5cb0f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeffrey Pfau <jeffrey@endrift.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 22:16:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] SDL: Fix joystick when no window is open

---
 src/platform/sdl/sdl-events.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/platform/sdl/sdl-events.c b/src/platform/sdl/sdl-events.c
index 99e2e0bc1..596f626fa 100644
--- a/src/platform/sdl/sdl-events.c
+++ b/src/platform/sdl/sdl-events.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ bool GBASDLInitEvents(struct GBASDLEvents* context) {
 	int subsystem = SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK;
 #if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
 	subsystem |= SDL_INIT_HAPTIC | SDL_INIT_VIDEO;
+
+	SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_ALLOW_BACKGROUND_EVENTS, "1");
 #endif
 	if (SDL_InitSubSystem(subsystem) < 0) {
 		return false;