diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 7ef97484bf..60a00e1b25 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SDL
-#ifdef __APPLE__
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(main)
 #include <SDL.h>
 int qemu_main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    qemu_main(argc, argv, NULL);
+    return qemu_main(argc, argv, NULL);
 }
 #undef main
 #define main qemu_main