diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 1fedc9a..f3872b9 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@ if( BUILD_NOATUN_PLUGINS )
   if( WITH_SDL )
     pkg_search_module( SDL sdl )
     if( NOT SDL_FOUND )
-      tde_message_fatal( "SDL is requested, but was not found on your system" )
+      check_include_file( SDL/SDL.h HAVE_SDL_H )
+      if( NOT HAVE_SDL_H )
+        tde_message_fatal( "SDL is requested, but was not found on your system" )
+      endif ( )
+      set ( SDL_INCLUDE_DIRS /usr/include/SDL )
+      set ( SDL_LIBRARIES SDL pthread )
     endif( )
   endif( WITH_SDL )