diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/template b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
index 1ec3306616..8eda15e395 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'qemu'
 pkgname=qemu
 version=2.1.0
-revision=5
+revision=6
 short_desc="Open Source Processor Emulator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://qemu.org"
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ checksum=397e23184f4bf613589a8fe0c6542461dc2afdf17ed337e97e6fd2f31e8f8802
 nostrip=yes
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl python automake libtool flex"
 makedepends="libpng-devel>=1.6 libjpeg-turbo-devel pixman-devel
- libuuid-devel libX11-devel alsa-lib-devel gnutls-devel>=3.1.5 SDL2-devel
+ libuuid-devel libX11-devel alsa-lib-devel gnutls-devel>=3.1.5
  libsasl-devel libglib-devel ncurses-devel libseccomp-devel>=2.1.0 nss-devel
  libcurl-devel xfsprogs-devel libcap-ng-devel libcap-devel vde2-devel
- libbluetooth-devel libssh2-devel libusb-devel pulseaudio-devel $(vopt_if gtk gtk+-devel)"
+ libbluetooth-devel libssh2-devel libusb-devel pulseaudio-devel
+ $(vopt_if sdl1 SDL-devel SDL2-devel) $(vopt_if gtk gtk+-devel)"
 depends="libusb>=1.0.15"
 conf_files="/etc/qemu/target-x86_64.conf"
 
-build_options="gtk"
+build_options="gtk sdl1"
 desc_option_gtk="Enable GTK display and use it by default"
+desc_option_sdl1="Link against SDL1 instead of SDL2"
 
 do_configure() {
 	local args=
@@ -37,7 +39,8 @@ do_configure() {
 		--enable-kvm --audio-drv-list=alsa,sdl,pa --disable-xen --enable-tpm \
 		--enable-vhost-net --enable-vnc-png --enable-vnc-tls --enable-virtfs \
 		--enable-libusb --disable-glusterfs \
-		--enable-pie --localstatedir=/var --with-sdlabi=2.0 $(vopt_enable gtk) ${args}
+		--enable-pie --localstatedir=/var \
+		--with-sdlabi=$(vopt_if sdl1 1.0 2.0) $(vopt_enable gtk) ${args}
 }
 do_build() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then