diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index be7efcd4d..01a60eef5 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(sdl, [  --enable-sdl            Enable SDL 1.x],
         SDL_CONFIG=$sdl_prefix/bin/sdl-config
       fi
     fi
+    if test -x vs2015/sdl/linux-host/bin/sdl-config ; then
+      SDL_CONFIG=vs2015/sdl/linux-host/bin/sdl-config
+      PATH=vs2015/sdl/linux-host/bin:$PATH
+    fi
 
     AC_PATH_PROG(SDL_CONFIG, sdl-config, no)
     min_sdl_version=ifelse([$1], ,0.11.0,$1)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9c1856cc4..d9dd0611d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6919,6 +6919,10 @@ fi
         SDL_CONFIG=$sdl_prefix/bin/sdl-config
       fi
     fi
+    if test -x vs2015/sdl/linux-host/bin/sdl-config ; then
+      SDL_CONFIG=vs2015/sdl/linux-host/bin/sdl-config
+      PATH=vs2015/sdl/linux-host/bin:$PATH
+    fi
 
     # Extract the first word of "sdl-config", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy sdl-config; ac_word=$2