diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e26d2c25..8ff74cf9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ else()
 	option(GOLDSOURCE_SUPPORT "Build goldsource compatible client library" OFF)
 endif()
 
+if (WIN32)
+	option(WIN32_USE_SDL2 "Force building client with SDL2 on Windows" ON)
+endif()
+
 #-----------------
 # MAIN BUILD CODE \
 ###################\
diff --git a/cl_dll/CMakeLists.txt b/cl_dll/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c0819cb..3790da3e 100644
--- a/cl_dll/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cl_dll/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ if (GOLDSOURCE_SUPPORT)
 	add_definitions(-DGOLDSOURCE_SUPPORT)
 endif()
 
+if (WIN32_USE_SDL2)
+	add_definitions(-DWIN32_USE_SDL2)
+endif()
+
 if (USE_VGUI)
 	add_definitions(-DUSE_VGUI)
 	if (USE_NOVGUI_MOTD)
@@ -164,6 +168,10 @@ endif()
 
 include_directories (. hl/ ../dlls ../dlls/wpn_shared ../common ../engine ../pm_shared ../game_shared ../public)
 
+if (WIN32_USE_SDL2)
+	include_directories (../external/)
+endif()
+
 if (USE_VGUI)
 	SET(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH TRUE)
 	link_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vgui_support/vgui-dev/lib)
diff --git a/cl_dll/input_goldsource.cpp b/cl_dll/input_goldsource.cpp
index 74777ce6..8d570de6 100644
--- a/cl_dll/input_goldsource.cpp
+++ b/cl_dll/input_goldsource.cpp
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 #include "keydefs.h"
 #include "view.h"
 
-#if !XASH_WIN32
+#if !XASH_WIN32 || WIN32_USE_SDL2
 #define USE_SDL2	1
 #endif
 
 #if USE_SDL2
-#define ARRAYSIZE(p)		( sizeof(p) /sizeof(p[0]) )
 #if !_WIN32
+#define ARRAYSIZE(p)		( sizeof(p) /sizeof(p[0]) )
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #endif
 #include <SDL2/SDL_mouse.h>