diff --git a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
index 58c0cafc..4f111f98 100644
--- a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ target_link_libraries(granite-volk PRIVATE granite-volk-headers)
 if ((NOT ANDROID) AND (${GRANITE_PLATFORM} MATCHES "SDL"))
     set(SDL_SHARED OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     set(SDL_STATIC ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(SDL_TIMERS ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     set(SDL_TEST_LIBRARY OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     set(SDL_DISABLE_INSTALL ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     # Disable everything we don't care about.
@@ -109,7 +110,6 @@ if ((NOT ANDROID) AND (${GRANITE_PLATFORM} MATCHES "SDL"))
     set(SDL_RENDER OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     set(SDL_HAPTIC OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     set(SDL_POWER OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-    set(SDL_TIMERS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     set(SDL_FILE OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     set(SDL_CPUINFO OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     set(SDL_FILESYSTEM OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)