diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 664c920..eb2d759 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1047,7 +1047,10 @@ fi
 ##########################################
 # SDL probe
 
-if $pkgconfig sdl --modversion >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+if test -n "$cross_prefix" && has ${cross_prefix}sdl-config; then
+  sdlconfig="${cross_prefix}sdl-config"
+  _sdlversion=`$sdlconfig --version | sed 's/[^0-9]//g'`
+elif $pkgconfig sdl --modversion >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   sdlconfig="$pkgconfig sdl"
   _sdlversion=`$sdlconfig --modversion 2>/dev/null | sed 's/[^0-9]//g'`
 elif has sdl-config; then