diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/video.c b/src/osd/sdl/video.c
index 2070a6043e4..32114b59785 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/video.c
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/video.c
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ void sdl_osd_interface::extract_video_config(running_machine &machine)
 	stemp = options().video();
 	if (strcmp(stemp, "auto") == 0)
 	{
-#ifdef SDLMAME_MACOSX
+#if (defined SDLMAME_MACOSX || defined SDLMAME_WIN32)
 		stemp = "opengl";
 #else
 		stemp = "soft";