diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93a84a5c7be..36b4592b209 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ ifeq "$(findstring config.mk,$(MAKEFILE_LIST))" "config.mk"
 	LDFLAGS="$(SAVED_LDFLAGS)" CXX="$(SAVED_CXX)" \
 			CXXFLAGS="$(SAVED_CXXFLAGS)" CPPFLAGS="$(SAVED_CPPFLAGS)" \
 			ASFLAGS="$(SAVED_ASFLAGS)" WINDRESFLAGS="$(SAVED_WINDRESFLAGS)" \
+			SDL_CONFIG="$(SAVED_SDL_CONFIG)" \
 			$(srcdir)/configure $(SAVED_CONFIGFLAGS)
 else
 	$(error You need to run $(srcdir)/configure before you can run make. Check $(srcdir)/configure --help for a list of parameters)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 61e82f158fc..17fbe15af2f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ SAVED_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
 SAVED_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
 SAVED_ASFLAGS=$ASFLAGS
 SAVED_WINDRESFLAGS=$WINDRESFLAGS
+SAVED_SDL_CONFIG=$SDL_CONFIG
 
 # Use environment vars if set
 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ _stagingpath="staging"
 _win32path="c:/scummvm"
 _amigaospath="Games:ScummVM"
 _staticlibpath=
-_sdlconfig=sdl-config
+_sdlconfig="$SDL_CONFIG"
 _freetypeconfig=freetype-config
 _sdlpath="$PATH"
 _freetypepath="$PATH"
@@ -4581,6 +4582,7 @@ SAVED_CXXFLAGS     := $SAVED_CXXFLAGS
 SAVED_CPPFLAGS     := $SAVED_CPPFLAGS
 SAVED_ASFLAGS      := $SAVED_ASFLAGS
 SAVED_WINDRESFLAGS := $SAVED_WINDRESFLAGS
+SAVED_SDL_CONFIG   := $SAVED_SDL_CONFIG
 EOF
 
 #