diff --git a/src/PowderToySDL.cpp b/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
index 22cde1dc5..23f303840 100644
--- a/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
+++ b/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 using namespace std;
 
+#define INCLUDE_SYSWM
+#include "SDLCompat.h"
 #if defined(USE_SDL) && defined(LIN) && defined(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_X11)
 SDL_SysWMinfo sdl_wminfo;
 Atom XA_CLIPBOARD, XA_TARGETS, XA_UTF8_STRING;
diff --git a/src/SDLCompat.h b/src/SDLCompat.h
index 199285078..309c3915d 100644
--- a/src/SDLCompat.h
+++ b/src/SDLCompat.h
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
 #include "SDL.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef INCLUDE_SYSWM
 #if defined(WIN) || defined(LIN)
 #ifdef SDL_INC
 #include <SDL/SDL_syswm.h>
 #else
 #include <SDL_syswm.h>
 #endif
-#endif
+#endif // WIN || LIN
+#endif // INCLUDE_SYSWM
 
-#endif //USE_SDL
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+#endif // USE_SDL