diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f40c752f2b..c927ae7df0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT RISCOS AND NOT HAIKU)
     if(FREEBSD OR NETBSD OR OPENBSD OR BSDI)
       CheckUSBHID()
     endif()
-    if(LINUX AND HAVE_LINUX_INPUT_H AND NOT ANDROID)
+    if((LINUX OR FREEBSD) AND HAVE_LINUX_INPUT_H AND NOT ANDROID)
       set(SDL_JOYSTICK_LINUX 1)
       file(GLOB JOYSTICK_SOURCES ${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/src/joystick/linux/*.c ${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/src/joystick/steam/*.c)
       list(APPEND SOURCE_FILES ${JOYSTICK_SOURCES})