diff --git a/src/sdl_wrappers.h b/src/sdl_wrappers.h
index d7b07c6b21c65..f85108d9bd90e 100644
--- a/src/sdl_wrappers.h
+++ b/src/sdl_wrappers.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef CATA_SRC_SDL_WRAPPERS_H
 #define CATA_SRC_SDL_WRAPPERS_H
 
+#define SDL_MAIN_HANDLED
 // IWYU pragma: begin_exports
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(USE_VCPKG)
 #   include <SDL2/SDL.h>