diff --git a/modules/FindSDL2.cmake b/modules/FindSDL2.cmake
index b62795969..c51b34ba7 100644
--- a/modules/FindSDL2.cmake
+++ b/modules/FindSDL2.cmake
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #  SDL2_LIBRARY_RELEASE     - SDL2 release library, if found
 #  SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR         - Root include dir
 #  SDL2_BIN_DIR             - Root bin dir
+#
 
 #
 #   This file is part of Magnum.
@@ -78,10 +79,12 @@ else()
         # the dylib first so it is preferred. Not sure how this maps to debug
         # config though :/
         NAMES SDL2-2.0 SDL2
+        HINTS ${SDL2_PATH}
         PATH_SUFFIXES ${_SDL2_LIBRARY_PATH_SUFFIX})
 
     find_library(SDL2_LIBRARY_DEBUG
         NAMES SDL2d
+        HINTS ${SDL2_PATH}
         PATH_SUFFIXES ${_SDL2_LIBRARY_PATH_SUFFIX})
 
     # FPHSA needs one of the _DEBUG/_RELEASE variables to check that the
@@ -103,11 +106,13 @@ find_path(SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR
     # solve this issue), but rather SDL2.framework/Headers/SDL.h, CMake might
     # find SDL.framework/Headers/SDL.h if SDL1 is installed, which is wrong.
     NAMES SDL_scancode.h
+    HINTS ${SDL2_PATH}
     PATH_SUFFIXES ${_SDL2_PATH_SUFFIXES})
     
 # Bin dir
 find_path(SDL2_BIN_DIR
-    NAMES *.dll
+    NAMES SDL2.dll
+    HINTS ${SDL2_PATH}
     PATH_SUFFIXES ${_SDL2_BIN_PATH_SUFFIX} ${_SDL2_LIBRARY_PATH_SUFFIX})
 
 # iOS dependencies