diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index daae9568..a740ab22 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ def configure(conf):
 		conf.options.GL4ES            = True
 		conf.options.GLES3COMPAT      = True
 		conf.options.GL               = False
-		conf.define('XASH_SDLMAIN', 1)
+		if conf.env.HAVE_SDL2:
+			conf.define('XASH_SDLMAIN', 1)
 	elif conf.env.MAGX:
 		conf.options.SDL12            = True
 		conf.options.NO_VGUI          = True