diff --git a/.clusterfuzzlite/Dockerfile b/.clusterfuzzlite/Dockerfile
index 54b5cda0f..6114417c9 100644
--- a/.clusterfuzzlite/Dockerfile
+++ b/.clusterfuzzlite/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ENV PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION=ignore
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
         cmake git zip libgpiod-dev libbluetooth-dev libi2c-dev \
         libunistring-dev libmicrohttpd-dev libgnutls28-dev libgcrypt20-dev \
-        libusb-1.0-0-dev libssl-dev pkg-config libsqlite3-dev && \
+        libusb-1.0-0-dev libssl-dev pkg-config libsqlite3-dev libsdl2-dev && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir -U \
         platformio==6.1.16 \
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 91d3f7796..e00d81658 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
         curl wget g++ zip git ca-certificates pkg-config \
         libgpiod-dev libyaml-cpp-dev libbluetooth-dev libi2c-dev libuv1-dev \
         libusb-1.0-0-dev libulfius-dev liborcania-dev libssl-dev \
-        libx11-dev libinput-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libsqlite3-dev \
+        libx11-dev libinput-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libsqlite3-dev libsdl2-dev \
     && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && pip install --no-cache-dir -U platformio \
     && mkdir /tmp/firmware
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ USER root
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get --no-install-recommends -y install \
         libc-bin libc6 libgpiod3 libyaml-cpp0.8 libi2c0 libuv1t64 libusb-1.0-0-dev \
         liborcania2.3 libulfius2.7t64 libssl3t64 \
-        libx11-6 libinput10 libxkbcommon-x11-0 \
+        libx11-6 libinput10 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libsdl2-2.0-0 \
     && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && mkdir -p /var/lib/meshtasticd \
     && mkdir -p /etc/meshtasticd/config.d \
diff --git a/alpine.Dockerfile b/alpine.Dockerfile
index 64c281788..75c9aa594 100644
--- a/alpine.Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine.Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN apk --no-cache add \
         bash g++ libstdc++-dev linux-headers zip git ca-certificates libbsd-dev \
         libgpiod-dev yaml-cpp-dev bluez-dev \
         libusb-dev i2c-tools-dev libuv-dev openssl-dev pkgconf argp-standalone \
-        libx11-dev libinput-dev libxkbcommon-dev sqlite-dev \
+        libx11-dev libinput-dev libxkbcommon-dev sqlite-dev sdl2-dev \
     && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* \
     && pip install --no-cache-dir -U platformio \
     && mkdir /tmp/firmware
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ USER root
 
 RUN apk --no-cache add \
         shadow libstdc++ libbsd libgpiod yaml-cpp libusb \
-        i2c-tools libuv libx11 libinput libxkbcommon \
+        i2c-tools libuv libx11 libinput libxkbcommon sdl2 \
     && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* \
     && mkdir -p /var/lib/meshtasticd \
     && mkdir -p /etc/meshtasticd/config.d \
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 46c932a80..8e5f17af9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libx11-dev,
                libinput-dev,
                libxkbcommon-x11-dev,
-               libsqlite3-dev
+               libsqlite3-dev,
+               libsdl2-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.6.2
 Homepage: https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
diff --git a/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg b/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg
index ceb954b21..a9eb552d7 100644
--- a/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg
+++ b/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libulfius)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(x11)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libinput)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(xkbcommon-x11)
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(sdl2)
 
 # libbsd is needed on older Fedora/RHEL to provide 'strlcpy'
 %if 0%{?fedora} >= 39 || 0%{?rhel} >= 10