diff --git a/src/sdl/i_main.c b/src/sdl/i_main.c
index 350ace49a..6eace4567 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_main.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_main.c
@@ -229,3 +229,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 }
 
 #endif
+
+// Enable high performance graphics on multi-gpu laptops, since we can't pick devices in WGL
+#ifdef _WIN32
+__declspec(dllexport) DWORD NvOptimusEnablement = 0x00000001;
+__declspec(dllexport) DWORD AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance = 0x00000001;
+#endif