diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6baff8a0a..23c270fe3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ if(EMSCRIPTEN)
   set(SDL_LOADSO_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT OFF)
   set(SDL_CPUINFO_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT OFF)
   set(DLOPEN_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT OFF)
+else()
+  set(OPT_DEF_ASM TRUE)
+  set(SDL_SHARED_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT ON)
+  set(SDL_ATOMIC_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT ON)
+  set(SDL_THREADS_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT ON)
+  set(SDL_LOADSO_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT ON)
+  set(SDL_CPUINFO_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT ON)
+  set(DLOPEN_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT ON)
 endif()
 
 set(SDL_SUBSYSTEMS