diff --git a/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template b/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
index e97cd0c892..3d01aa9e2b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ nonfree=yes
 
 fulldepends="liberation-fonts-ttf"
 
-makedepends="unzip perl pkg-config SDL-devel>=1.2.15_2 SDL_ttf-devel
+makedepends="unzip perl pkg-config SDL-devel>=1.2.15_4 SDL_ttf-devel
  libXinerama-devel gtk+-devel GConf-devel python"
 
 do_extract() {