diff --git a/package/sdl2/sdl2.mk b/package/sdl2/sdl2.mk
index e39c51d4d9..80238bd062 100644
--- a/package/sdl2/sdl2.mk
+++ b/package/sdl2/sdl2.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ else
 SDL2_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libudev
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE),y)
+SDL2_CONF_OPTS += --enable-sse
+else
+SDL2_CONF_OPTS += --disable-sse
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2_DIRECTFB),y)
 SDL2_DEPENDENCIES += directfb
 SDL2_CONF_OPTS += --enable-video-directfb