diff --git a/.ci/build-linux.sh b/.ci/build-linux.sh
index 656707f0b7..2728f2faad 100755
--- a/.ci/build-linux.sh
+++ b/.ci/build-linux.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cmake ..                                               \
     -DCMAKE_AR="$AR"                                   \
     -DCMAKE_RANLIB="$RANLIB"                           \
     -DUSE_SYSTEM_CURL=ON                               \
-    -DUSE_SDL=OFF                                      \
+    -DUSE_SDL=ON                                       \
     -DOpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE=LEGACY                      \
     -DLLVM_DIR=/opt/llvm/lib/cmake/llvm                \
     -DSTATIC_LINK_LLVM=ON                              \