diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 6fdb7d2aa7..81782b0855 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SDL
+#ifdef __APPLE__
 #include <SDL/SDL.h>
+#endif
 #if defined(__linux__)
 /* SDL use the pthreads and they modify sigaction. We don't
    want that. */