diff --git a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv.inc b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv.inc
index 1e5b017..6d4f9d5 100644
--- a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv.inc
+++ b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 SECTION = "games"
 
-DEPENDS = "gtk+ readline libsdl-mixer bzip2 curl xz"
+DEPENDS = "gtk+ readline bzip2 curl xz"
 
 SRC_URI = "\
 ${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/freeciv/freeciv-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "\
 --disable-mapimg \
 --disable-sdltest \
 --disable-sdl2test \
-SDL_CONFIG='${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/pkg-config sdl' \
 "
 
 acpaths = "-I ${S}/m4 -I ${S}/dependencies/m4"
diff --git a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.4.5.bb b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.4.5.bb
index cde0bf0..986f50b 100644
--- a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.4.5.bb
+++ b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.4.5.bb
@@ -2,5 +2,11 @@ FREECIV_GUI = "gtk2"
 
 require freeciv.inc
 
+DEPENDS += "libsdl-mixer"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "\
+SDL_CONFIG='${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/pkg-config sdl' \
+"
+
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "fae43d37c65416c104595713e337a740"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ce4e5d083d26c7323e781d0803e858fb9be986858d9f776b8a9a97544e13b3f9"
diff --git a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.5.3.bb b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.5.3.bb
index 87cac7c..6fd97c3 100644
--- a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.5.3.bb
+++ b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.5.3.bb
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ FREECIV_GUI = "gtk2,gtk3,qt"
 
 require freeciv.inc
 
-DEPENDS += "gtk+3 qtbase"
+DEPENDS += "libsdl2-mixer gtk+3 qtbase"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "\
 --with-qt5-includes=${STAGING_INCDIR}/qt5 \
 --with-qt5-libs=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/qt5 \
 MOCCMD=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/qt5/moc \
+SDL2_CONFIG='${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/pkg-config sdl2' \
+-enable-sdl-mixer=sdl2 \
 "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "6bbdfa23392ca88fdb0b8f7caca66ddd"