diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/libsdl2/libsdl2_2.0.22.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/libsdl2/libsdl2_2.0.22.bb
index 7678319770..b112d63784 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/libsdl2/libsdl2_2.0.22.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/libsdl2/libsdl2_2.0.22.bb
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DSDL_OSS=OFF -DSDL_ESD=OFF -DSDL_ARTS=OFF \
                  -DSDL_PTHREADS=ON \
                  -DSDL_RPATH=OFF \
                  -DSDL_SNDIO=OFF \
-                 -DSDL_X11_XVM=OFF \
                  -DSDL_X11_XCURSOR=OFF \
-                 -DSDL_X11_XINERAMA=OFF \
                  -DSDL_X11_XDBE=OFF \
                  -DSDL_X11_XFIXES=OFF \
                  -DSDL_X11_XINPUT=OFF \
@@ -72,6 +70,9 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[directfb]   = "-DSDL_DIRECTFB=ON,-DSDL_DIRECTFB=OFF,directfb,direc
 PACKAGECONFIG[gles2]      = "-DSDL_OPENGLES=ON,-DSDL_OPENGLES=OFF,virtual/libgles2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[jack]       = "-DSDL_JACK=ON,-DSDL_JACK=OFF,jack"
 PACKAGECONFIG[kmsdrm]     = "-DSDL_KMSDRM=ON,-DSDL_KMSDRM=OFF,libdrm virtual/libgbm"
+# The hidraw support doesn't catch Xbox, PS4 and Nintendo controllers,
+#  so we'll just use libusb when it's available.
+PACKAGECONFIG[libusb] = ",,libusb1"
 PACKAGECONFIG[opengl]     = "-DSDL_OPENGL=ON,-DSDL_OPENGL=OFF,virtual/egl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[pulseaudio] = "-DSDL_PULSEAUDIO=ON,-DSDL_PULSEAUDIO=OFF,pulseaudio"
 PACKAGECONFIG[wayland]    = "-DSDL_WAYLAND=ON,-DSDL_WAYLAND=OFF,wayland-native wayland wayland-protocols libxkbcommon"