diff --git a/src/video/SDL_video.c b/src/video/SDL_video.c
index 48c141d21..fb745f772 100644
--- a/src/video/SDL_video.c
+++ b/src/video/SDL_video.c
@@ -2375,6 +2375,7 @@ SDL_VideoQuit(void)
     }
     /* Halt event processing before doing anything else */
     SDL_StopEventLoop();
+    SDL_EnableScreenSaver();
 
     /* Clean up the system video */
     for (i = _this->num_displays; i--;) {