diff --git a/srcpkgs/pcsx2/patches/wxwidgets-sdl-check.patch b/srcpkgs/pcsx2/patches/wxwidgets-sdl-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..679a437247a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pcsx2/patches/wxwidgets-sdl-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+From 41c49faa81d4970e903e7d85616774c979e103a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jonathan Li <jonathan.li@hotmail.co.uk>
+Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 14:04:17 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] cmake: Improve wxWidgets and SDL linkage check
+
+If wxWidgets is linked to SDL, check what version it's actually linked
+against instead of assuming it's linked to SDL1.2 (which isn't true on
+Fedora 27).
+---
+ cmake/ApiValidation.cmake | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
+ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake b/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
+index e7a4f99a7..f93bc67fc 100644
+--- cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
++++ cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
+@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+ set(wx_sdl_c_code "
+ #include <wx/setup.h>
+ 
+-#if (wxUSE_LIBSDL != 0)
++#if (wxUSE_LIBSDL == 0)
+ #error cmake_WX_SDL
+ #endif
++
++int main()
++{
++    return 0;
++}
+ ")
+ 
+ set(gcc7_mmx_code "
+@@ -83,19 +88,29 @@ function(WX_vs_SDL)
+     file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_sdl.c" "${wx_sdl_c_code}")
+     enable_language(C)
+ 
+-    try_run(
+-            run_result_unused
+-            compile_result_unused
+-            "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
+-            "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_sdl.c"
+-            COMPILE_OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUT
+-            CMAKE_FLAGS "-DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES:STRING=${wxWidgets_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+-        )
++    try_compile(
++        wx_linked_to_sdl
++        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
++        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_sdl.c"
++        CMAKE_FLAGS "-DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES:STRING=${wxWidgets_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
++        LINK_LIBRARIES "${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}"
++        COPY_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_sdl"
++    )
++
++    if (NOT wx_linked_to_sdl)
++        return()
++    endif()
++
++    execute_process(
++        COMMAND ldd "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_sdl"
++        COMMAND grep -c SDL2
++        OUTPUT_VARIABLE sdl2_count
++    )
+ 
+-    if (${OUT} MATCHES "cmake_WX_SDL" AND SDL2_API)
+-        message(FATAL_ERROR "WxWidget is linked to SDL (wxUSE_LIBSDL) and it is likely SDL1.2.
+-        Unfortunately you try to build PCSX2 with SDL2 support which is not compatible
+-        Please use -DSDL2_API=FALSE")
++    if (SDL2_API AND sdl2_count STREQUAL "0")
++        message(FATAL_ERROR "wxWidgets is linked to SDL1.2. Please use -DSDL2_API=FALSE.")
++    elseif (NOT SDL2_API AND NOT sdl2_count STREQUAL "0")
++        message(FATAL_ERROR "wxWidgets is linked to SDL2. Please use -DSDL2_API=TRUE")
+     endif()
+ endfunction()
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pcsx2/template b/srcpkgs/pcsx2/template
index 2dbc6dfd339..8199ac19f9b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pcsx2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pcsx2/template
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ nopie=yes
 
 pkgname=pcsx2
 version=1.4.0
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DGLSL_API=1 -DSDL2_API=0 -DPACKAGE_MODE=1 -DREBUILD_SHADER=1 -DXDG_STD=1
- -DPLUGIN_DIR=/usr/lib32/pcsx2 -DGAMEINDEX_DIR=/usr/share/pcsx2 -DDISABLE_ADVANCE_SIMD=1"
+ -DPLUGIN_DIR=/usr/lib32/pcsx2 -DGAMEINDEX_DIR=/usr/share/pcsx2 -DDISABLE_ADVANCE_SIMD=1
+ -DSDL2_API=TRUE"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config sparsehash perl"
-makedepends="alsa-lib-devel SDL-devel glu-devel glew-devel libaio-devel
+makedepends="alsa-lib-devel SDL2-devel glu-devel glew-devel libaio-devel
  libcanberra-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel wxWidgets-devel portaudio-devel soundtouch-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="A Sony PlayStation 2 emulator"