diff --git a/src/m_menu.c b/src/m_menu.c
index c12185da6..73ea88835 100644
--- a/src/m_menu.c
+++ b/src/m_menu.c
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@
 
 #include "deh_tables.h" // menunames
 
+#if defined(HAVE_SDL)
+#include <SDL3/SDL.h>
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2,0,0)
+#include "sdl/sdlmain.h" // JOYSTICK_HOTPLUG
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #ifdef PC_DOS
 #include <stdio.h> // for snprintf
 int	snprintf(char *str, size_t n, const char *fmt, ...);