diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/audio/openal/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/audio/openal/recipe.toml
index 6e8c44645..eca21a0f9 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/audio/openal/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/audio/openal/recipe.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
 script = """
 export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/SDL2"
 export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/SDL2"
+
 cat > redox.cmake <<EOF
 # the name of the target operating system
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Generic)
@@ -40,10 +41,12 @@ set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PACKAGE ONLY)
 EOF
+
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr"
+    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
     -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=redox.cmake
     -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON
     -DALSOFT_EXAMPLES=OFF
@@ -51,9 +54,8 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DALSOFT_INSTALL_UTILS=OFF
     -DALSOFT_UTILS=OFF
     -DLIBTYPE=STATIC
-    #TODO: enable SDL2 backend
-    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_SDL2=OFF
-    -DALSOFT_REQUIRE_SDL2=OFF
+    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_SDL2=ON
+    -DALSOFT_REQUIRE_SDL2=ON
     "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
 )
 cookbook_configure
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/audio/openal/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/libs/audio/openal/redox.patch
index 55d341cd9..d787c7ce6 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/audio/openal/redox.patch
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/audio/openal/redox.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+diff -ruwN openal-soft-1.24.1/CMakeLists.txt source/CMakeLists.txt
+--- openal-soft-1.24.1/CMakeLists.txt	2024-11-27 20:21:16.000000000 -0700
++++ source/CMakeLists.txt	2025-01-09 14:35:09.422985283 -0700
+@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@
+         set(HAVE_SDL2 1)
+         set(ALC_OBJS  ${ALC_OBJS} alc/backends/sdl2.cpp alc/backends/sdl2.h)
+         set(BACKENDS  "${BACKENDS} SDL2,")
+-        set(EXTRA_LIBS ${EXTRA_LIBS} SDL2::SDL2)
++        set(EXTRA_LIBS ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
+     else()
+         message(STATUS "Could NOT find SDL2")
+     endif()
 diff -ruwN openal-soft-1.24.1/common/alstring.cpp source/common/alstring.cpp
 --- openal-soft-1.24.1/common/alstring.cpp	2024-11-27 20:21:16.000000000 -0700
 +++ source/common/alstring.cpp	2025-01-09 09:35:50.263542017 -0700