diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 1bb9a6ad1b..c18222a317 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ vars.AddVariables(
     BoolVariable('lint', 'Set for lint build (extra warnings)', False),
     BoolVariable('nowx', 'Set For Building with no WX libs (WIP)', False),
     BoolVariable('wxgl', 'Set For Building with WX GL libs (WIP)', False),
+    BoolVariable('sdlgl', 'Set For Building with SDL GL libs (WIP)', False),
     EnumVariable('flavor', 'Choose a build flavor', 'release',
                  allowed_values = ('release', 'devel', 'debug'),
                  ignorecase = 2
@@ -190,15 +191,6 @@ env['HAVE_BLUEZ'] = conf.CheckPKG('bluez')
 # needed for sound
 env['HAVE_AO'] = conf.CheckPKG('ao')
 
-# handling wx flags CCFLAGS should be created before
-wxmods = ['adv', 'core', 'base']
-env['USE_WX'] = 0
-if env['wxgl']:
-    wxmods.append('gl')
-    env['USE_WX'] = 1
-
-env['HAVE_WX'] = conf.CheckWXConfig('2.8', wxmods, 0) 
-
 #osx 64 specifics
 if sys.platform == 'darwin':
     if env['osx'] == '64cocoa':
@@ -211,13 +203,34 @@ if sys.platform == 'darwin':
 else:
     env['HAVE_X11'] = conf.CheckPKG('x11')
     env['HAVE_COCOA'] = 0
-    
+   
+# handling wx flags CCFLAGS should be created before
+wxmods = ['adv', 'core', 'base']
+env['USE_WX'] = 0
+if env['wxgl']:
+    wxmods.append('gl')
+    env['USE_WX'] = 1
+    env['HAVE_X11'] = 0
+    env['HAVE_COCOA'] = 0
+
+env['HAVE_WX'] = conf.CheckWXConfig('2.8', wxmods, 0) 
+
+# SDL backend
+env['USE_SDL'] = 0
+
+if env['sdlgl']:
+    env['USE_SDL'] = 1
+    env['HAVE_X11'] = 0
+    env['HAVE_COCOA'] = 0
+    env['USE_WX'] = 0
+
 # Gui less build
 if env['nowx']:
     env['HAVE_WX'] = 0;
 
 # Creating config.h defines
 conf.Define('HAVE_SDL', env['HAVE_SDL'])
+conf.Define('USE_SDL', env['USE_SDL'])
 conf.Define('HAVE_BLUEZ', env['HAVE_BLUEZ'])
 conf.Define('HAVE_AO', env['HAVE_AO'])
 conf.Define('HAVE_WX', env['HAVE_WX'])
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.cpp
index f882d415f6..9d5bb8555d 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.cpp
@@ -542,9 +542,14 @@ void OpenGL_Update()
 {
 #if USE_SDL
     SDL_Surface *surface = SDL_GetVideoSurface();
+    RECT rcWindow;
     if (!surface) return;
     nBackbufferWidth = surface->w;
     nBackbufferHeight = surface->h;
+
+    rcWindow.right = surface->w;
+    rcWindow.bottom = surface->h;
+
 #elif defined(HAVE_COCOA) && HAVE_COCOA
     RECT rcWindow;
     rcWindow.right = GLWin.width;
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.h
index 7a340d901d..9f8cdbffde 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 #elif defined(HAVE_X11) && HAVE_X11
 #define I_NEED_OS2_H // HAXXOR
 #include <GL/glxew.h>
+#elif defined(USE_SDL) && USE_SDL
+#include <GL/glew.h>
 #elif defined(HAVE_COCOA) && HAVE_COCOA
 #include <GL/glew.h>
 #include "cocoaGL.h"
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/SConscript b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/SConscript
index 901a3f5f16..e1d26f3773 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/SConscript
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/SConscript
@@ -95,17 +95,14 @@ conf.Define('HAVE_XXF86VM', gfxenv['HAVE_XXF86VM'])
 
 conf.Finish()
 
-# change to True if you want to compile with SDL
-useSDL = not ((gfxenv['HAVE_X11'] and gfxenv['HAVE_XXF86VM']) 
-              or gfxenv['HAVE_COCOA'])
+# Sanity check
+if gfxenv['USE_WX'] and not gfxenv['HAVE_WX']:
+    print "Must have wx to use wxgl"
+    Return()
 
-
-if useSDL and not gfxenv['HAVE_SDL']:
-        print name + " must have either X11 or sdl to be build"
-        Return()
-
-if useSDL:                    
-	compileFlags += [ '-DUSE_SDL=1' ]
+if gfxenv['USE_SDL'] and not gfxenv['HAVE_SDL']:
+    print "Must have sdl to use SDL gl"
+    Return()
 
 gfxenv.Append(
 	CXXFLAGS = compileFlags,