diff --git a/neo/CMakeLists.txt b/neo/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d3cc4e7..4d00a0f2 100644
--- a/neo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/neo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ option(MONOLITH
 		"Embed game logic into main executable" ON)
 		
 option(SDL2
-		"Use SDL2 instead of SDL1.2" OFF)
+		"Use SDL2 instead of SDL1.2" ON)
 		
 option(OPENAL
 		"Use OpenAL soft instead of XAudio2" OFF)
diff --git a/neo/cmake-eclipse-linux-debug.sh b/neo/cmake-eclipse-linux-debug.sh
index 96d0ef0a..eaa4be62 100755
--- a/neo/cmake-eclipse-linux-debug.sh
+++ b/neo/cmake-eclipse-linux-debug.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ cd ..
 rm -rf build
 mkdir build
 cd build
-cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DSDL2=OFF ../neo
+cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DSDL2=ON ../neo
diff --git a/neo/cmake-eclipse-linux-profile.sh b/neo/cmake-eclipse-linux-profile.sh
index 04bc7bac..df4154d0 100755
--- a/neo/cmake-eclipse-linux-profile.sh
+++ b/neo/cmake-eclipse-linux-profile.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ cd ..
 rm -rf build
 mkdir build
 cd build
-cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DSDL2=OFF ../neo
+cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DSDL2=ON ../neo
diff --git a/neo/cmake-linux-debug.sh b/neo/cmake-linux-debug.sh
index c32e9f3a..6eef6f45 100755
--- a/neo/cmake-linux-debug.sh
+++ b/neo/cmake-linux-debug.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ cd ..
 rm -rf build
 mkdir build
 cd build
-cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../neo
+cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DSDL2=ON ../neo
diff --git a/neo/cmake-linux-release.sh b/neo/cmake-linux-release.sh
index 8fb9c009..c6643d91 100755
--- a/neo/cmake-linux-release.sh
+++ b/neo/cmake-linux-release.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ cd ..
 rm -rf build
 mkdir build
 cd build
-cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DONATIVE=ON ../neo
+cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DONATIVE=ON -DSDL2=ON ../neo