diff --git a/src/Joystick/JoystickSDL.cc b/src/Joystick/JoystickSDL.cc
index c99c4c6bf495cced10dcd4d9abdf28fa7632d0e4..303c3005c00c6ff659cecff0852e897b72141e4b 100644
--- a/src/Joystick/JoystickSDL.cc
+++ b/src/Joystick/JoystickSDL.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ JoystickSDL::JoystickSDL(const QString& name, int axisCount, int buttonCount, in
 QMap<QString, Joystick*> JoystickSDL::discover(MultiVehicleManager* _multiVehicleManager) {
     static QMap<QString, Joystick*> ret;
 
-    if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_GAMECONTROLLER | SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE) < 0) {
+    if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_GAMECONTROLLER | SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK | SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE) < 0) {
         qWarning() << "Couldn't initialize SimpleDirectMediaLayer:" << SDL_GetError();
         return ret;
     }