1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index 0e960f9304..bac889fa28 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -62,6 +62,21 @@ checksoundcard () {
     fi # has codecs
 }
 
+# scan the $PATH for the given command
+findtool(){
+  file="$1"
+
+  IFS=":"
+  for path in $PATH
+  do
+    # echo "checks for $file in $path" >&2
+    if test -f "$path/$file"; then
+      echo "$path/$file"
+      return
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
 
 simcc () {
 
@@ -72,6 +87,18 @@ simcc () {
 
  output="rockboxui" # use this as default output binary name
 
+ if [ "$simver" = "sdl" ]; then
+     # generic sdl-config checker
+     sdl=`findtool sdl-config`
+
+     if [ -z "$sdl" ]; then
+         echo "configure didn't find sdl-config, which indicates that you"
+         echo "don't have SDL (properly) installed. Please correct and"
+         echo "re-run configure!"
+         exit
+     fi
+ fi
+
  case $uname in
    CYGWIN*)
    echo "Cygwin host detected"