diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer2.cpp b/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer2.cpp
index e295e8677..e66150e57 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer2.cpp
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer2.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
 #endif
 
 // SDL
-#include <SDL.h>
+#include <SDL_render.h>
+#include <SDL_version.h>
 #if !SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2,0,17)
 #error This backend requires SDL 2.0.17+ because of SDL_RenderGeometry() function
 #endif
diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer3.cpp b/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer3.cpp
index 01905202e..1a287efa6 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer3.cpp
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer3.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
 #endif
 
 // SDL
-#include <SDL3/SDL.h>
+#include <SDL3/SDL_render.h>
+#include <SDL3/SDL_version.h>
 #if !SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(3,0,0)
 #error This backend requires SDL 3.0.0+
 #endif
diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer3.h b/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer3.h
index 7599974d1..e4d483ab8 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer3.h
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer3.h
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 #include "imgui.h"      // IMGUI_IMPL_API
 #ifndef IMGUI_DISABLE
 
-#include <SDL3/SDL.h>
+// For SDL_ScaleMode which cannot be forward declared.
+#include <SDL3/SDL_render.h>
 
 // Follow "Getting Started" link and check examples/ folder to learn about using backends!
 IMGUI_IMPL_API bool     ImGui_ImplSDLRenderer3_Init(SDL_Renderer* renderer);