diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ad852c3..b1b86dad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ if (USE_GAMECONTROLLERDB AND BUILD_CLIENT)
 endif()
 
 option(USE_SNMALLOC "Use the snmalloc allocator" OFF)
+option(USE_SDL3_AUDIO "Always use SDL audio" ON)
 
 if (BUILD_CLIENT)
     if (USE_SNMALLOC)
@@ -90,13 +91,14 @@ if (BUILD_CLIENT)
     endif()
 
     include(game-window/BuildSettings.cmake)
+    if (USE_SDL3_AUDIO OR GAMEWINDOW_SYSTEM STREQUAL "SDL3")
+        include(ext/sdl3.cmake)
+    endif()
     if (GAMEWINDOW_SYSTEM STREQUAL "EGLUT")
         add_subdirectory(eglut)
         add_subdirectory(linux-gamepad)
     elseif (GAMEWINDOW_SYSTEM STREQUAL "GLFW")
         include(ext/glfw.cmake)
-    elseif (GAMEWINDOW_SYSTEM STREQUAL "SDL3")
-        include(ext/sdl3.cmake)
     endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/ext/sdl3.cmake b/ext/sdl3.cmake
index dab6a576..76e7b36b 100644
--- a/ext/sdl3.cmake
+++ b/ext/sdl3.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ if(SDL3_VENDORED)
     set(SDL3_VENDORED ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     set(SDL_SHARED OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     set(SDL_STATIC ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(SDL_CAMERA OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(SDL_RENDER OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(SDL_DIALOG OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(SDL_SENSOR OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     add_subdirectory(sdl3 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 else()
     # 1. Look for a SDL3 package,