diff --git a/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/control b/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/control
index 583e9dbb9..6c5cc4d04 100644
--- a/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/control
+++ b/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/control
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Build-Depends:
  libpam0g-dev,
  uuid-dev, 
  libxml2-dev,
+ libsdl2-2.0-0,
+ libsdl2-dev,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Homepage: http://www.freerdp.com/
 Vcs-Browser: http://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP.git
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/freerdp-nightly.spec b/packaging/rpm/freerdp-nightly.spec
index ff169a4e1..17d0d18ed 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/freerdp-nightly.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/freerdp-nightly.spec
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ BuildRequires: krb5-devel
 
 # (Open)Suse
 %if %{defined suse_version}
+BuildRequires: libSDL2-devel
 BuildRequires: docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 BuildRequires: libxslt-tools
 BuildRequires: pkg-config
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ BuildRequires: libswresample-devel
 %endif
 # fedora 21+
 %if 0%{?fedora} >= 21 || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
+BuildRequires: SDL2-devel
 BuildRequires: docbook-style-xsl
 BuildRequires: libxslt
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig