diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 009238912e..89399186c1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ endif
 
 ifneq ($(findstring Linux,$(OS)),)
    LIBS += -lrt
+   JOYCONFIG_LIBS += -lrt
    OBJ += input/linuxraw_input.o input/linuxraw_joypad.o
    JOYCONFIG_OBJ += tools/linuxraw_joypad.o
 endif
diff --git a/qb/config.libs.sh b/qb/config.libs.sh
index b0e8f0f359..a7aa4243ab 100644
--- a/qb/config.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/config.libs.sh
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 check_pkgconf UDEV libudev
+if [ "$HAVE_UDEV" = "no" ]; then
+   HAVE_UDEV=auto && check_lib UDEV "-ludev"
+   [ "$HAVE_UDEV" = "yes" ] && UDEV_LIBS=-ludev
+fi
 
 check_lib STRL -lc strlcpy
 check_lib STRCASESTR -lc strcasestr