diff --git a/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template b/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
index e165eea987..ad1f986450 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ wrksrc=mame-${_distver}s
 noextract=yes
 homepage="http://mamedev.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/downloader.php?file=releases/mame${_distver}s.zip"
-makedepends="unzip perl pkg-config SDL-devel SDL_ttf-devel libXinerama-devel gtk+-devel GConf-devel"
+makedepends="unzip perl pkg-config SDL-devel>=1.2.15_2 SDL_ttf-devel
+libXinerama-devel gtk+-devel GConf-devel"
 fulldepends="liberation-fonts-ttf"
 short_desc="Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"