diff --git a/package/sdl/sdl.mk b/package/sdl/sdl.mk
index 8d0e5bd978..77fbdd9a8c 100644
--- a/package/sdl/sdl.mk
+++ b/package/sdl/sdl.mk
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ else
 SDL_CONF_OPT += --enable-video-x11=no
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(BR2_USE_MMU),y)
+SDL_CONF_OPT += --enable-dga=no
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TSLIB),y)
 SDL_DEPENDENCIES += tslib
 endif