diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 977f48b7..8ca6d68f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ set_target_properties(CemuBin PROPERTIES
 	OUTPUT_NAME "${OUTPUT_NAME}"
 )
 
+if(ENABLE_SDL)
+	target_link_libraries(CemuBin PRIVATE SDL3::SDL3)
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(CemuBin PRIVATE
 	CemuAudio
 	CemuCafe
@@ -222,10 +226,6 @@ target_link_libraries(CemuBin PRIVATE
 	CemuUtil
 )
 
-if(ENABLE_SDL)
-	target_link_libraries(CemuBin PRIVATE SDL3::SDL3)
-endif()
-
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 	# due to nasm output some linkers will make stack executable
 	# cemu does not require this so we explicity disable it