diff --git a/src/client/input/sdl3.c b/src/client/input/sdl3.c
index cd7b711e..322003b9 100644
--- a/src/client/input/sdl3.c
+++ b/src/client/input/sdl3.c
@@ -2345,11 +2345,6 @@ IN_Init(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-#if 0
-	// needs an SDL_Window pointer now??
-	SDL_StartTextInput();
-#endif
-
 	IN_Controller_Init(false);
 
 	Com_Printf("------------------------------------\n\n");
diff --git a/src/client/vid/glimp_sdl3.c b/src/client/vid/glimp_sdl3.c
index dc42241c..de9fdb2d 100644
--- a/src/client/vid/glimp_sdl3.c
+++ b/src/client/vid/glimp_sdl3.c
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ CreateSDLWindow(int flags, int fullscreen, int w, int h)
 
 	if (window)
 	{
+		/* enable text input */
+		SDL_StartTextInput(window);
+
 		/* save current display as default */
 		if ((last_display = SDL_GetDisplayForWindow(window)) == 0)
 		{