diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2829d79..697a504 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6589,7 +6589,7 @@ fi
 
 if enabled sdl2; then
     SDL2_CONFIG="${cross_prefix}sdl2-config"
-    test_pkg_config sdl2 "sdl2 >= 2.0.1 sdl2 < 2.1.0" SDL_events.h SDL_PollEvent
+    test_pkg_config sdl2 "sdl2 >= 2.0.1 sdl2 < 3.0.0" SDL_events.h SDL_PollEvent
     if disabled sdl2 && "${SDL2_CONFIG}" --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         sdl2_cflags=$("${SDL2_CONFIG}" --cflags)
         sdl2_extralibs=$("${SDL2_CONFIG}" --libs)