diff --git a/backends/events/sdl/sdl-events.cpp b/backends/events/sdl/sdl-events.cpp
index d6d0731202f8..21b0fbad326a 100644
--- a/backends/events/sdl/sdl-events.cpp
+++ b/backends/events/sdl/sdl-events.cpp
@@ -63,8 +63,14 @@ SdlEventSource::SdlEventSource()
 
 		// Enable joystick
 		if (SDL_NumJoysticks() > joystick_num) {
-			debug("Using joystick: %s", SDL_JoystickName(joystick_num));
 			_joystick = SDL_JoystickOpen(joystick_num);
+			debug("Using joystick: %s",
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+			      SDL_JoystickName(_joystick)
+#else
+			      SDL_JoystickName(joystick_num)
+#endif
+			     );
 		} else {
 			warning("Invalid joystick: %d", joystick_num);
 		}
@@ -76,21 +82,24 @@ SdlEventSource::~SdlEventSource() {
 		SDL_JoystickClose(_joystick);
 }
 
-int SdlEventSource::mapKey(SDLKey key, SDLMod mod, Uint16 unicode) {
-	if (key >= SDLK_F1 && key <= SDLK_F9) {
+int SdlEventSource::mapKey(SDLKey sdlKey, SDLMod mod, Uint16 unicode) {
+	Common::KeyCode key = SDLToOSystemKeycode(sdlKey);
+
+	if (key >= Common::KEYCODE_F1 && key <= Common::KEYCODE_F9) {
 		return key - SDLK_F1 + Common::ASCII_F1;
-	} else if (key >= SDLK_KP0 && key <= SDLK_KP9) {
-		return key - SDLK_KP0 + '0';
-	} else if (key >= SDLK_UP && key <= SDLK_PAGEDOWN) {
+	} else if (key >= Common::KEYCODE_KP0 && key <= Common::KEYCODE_KP9) {
+		return key - Common::KEYCODE_KP0 + '0';
+	} else if (key >= Common::KEYCODE_UP && key <= Common::KEYCODE_PAGEDOWN) {
 		return key;
 	} else if (unicode) {
 		return unicode;
 	} else if (key >= 'a' && key <= 'z' && (mod & KMOD_SHIFT)) {
 		return key & ~0x20;
-	} else if (key >= SDLK_NUMLOCK && key <= SDLK_EURO) {
+	} else if (key >= Common::KEYCODE_NUMLOCK && key <= Common::KEYCODE_EURO) {
 		return 0;
+	} else {
+		return key;
 	}
-	return key;
 }
 
 void SdlEventSource::processMouseEvent(Common::Event &event, int x, int y) {
@@ -342,7 +351,9 @@ Common::KeyCode SdlEventSource::SDLToOSystemKeycode(const SDLKey key) {
 	case SDLK_HELP: return Common::KEYCODE_HELP;
 	case SDLK_PRINT: return Common::KEYCODE_PRINT;
 	case SDLK_SYSREQ: return Common::KEYCODE_SYSREQ;
+#if !SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
 	case SDLK_BREAK: return Common::KEYCODE_BREAK;
+#endif
 	case SDLK_MENU: return Common::KEYCODE_MENU;
 	case SDLK_POWER: return Common::KEYCODE_POWER;
 	case SDLK_UNDO: return Common::KEYCODE_UNDO;
@@ -389,24 +400,52 @@ bool SdlEventSource::dispatchSDLEvent(SDL_Event &ev, Common::Event &event) {
 	case SDL_JOYAXISMOTION:
 		return handleJoyAxisMotion(ev, event);
 
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	case SDL_MOUSEWHEEL: {
+		Sint32 yDir = ev.wheel.y;
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 4)
+		if (ev.wheel.direction == SDL_MOUSEWHEEL_FLIPPED) {
+			yDir *= -1;
+		}
+#endif
+		// HACK: It seems we want the mouse coordinates supplied
+		// with a mouse wheel event. However, SDL2 does not supply
+		// these, thus we use whatever we got last time. It seems
+		// these are always stored in _km.x, _km.y.
+		processMouseEvent(event, _km.x, _km.y);
+		if (yDir < 0) {
+			event.type = Common::EVENT_WHEELDOWN;
+			return true;
+		} else if (yDir > 0) {
+			event.type = Common::EVENT_WHEELUP;
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+		}
+
+	case SDL_WINDOWEVENT:
+		switch (ev.window.event) {
+		case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_EXPOSED:
+			if (_graphicsManager)
+				_graphicsManager->notifyVideoExpose();
+			return false;
+
+		case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_RESIZED:
+			return handleResizeEvent(event, ev.window.data1, ev.window.data2);
+
+		default:
+			return false;
+		}
+#else
 	case SDL_VIDEOEXPOSE:
 		if (_graphicsManager)
 			_graphicsManager->notifyVideoExpose();
 		return false;
 
 	case SDL_VIDEORESIZE:
-		if (_graphicsManager) {
-			_graphicsManager->notifyResize(ev.resize.w, ev.resize.h);
-
-			// If the screen changed, send an Common::EVENT_SCREEN_CHANGED
-			int screenID = ((OSystem_SDL *)g_system)->getGraphicsManager()->getScreenChangeID();
-			if (screenID != _lastScreenID) {
-				_lastScreenID = screenID;
-				event.type = Common::EVENT_SCREEN_CHANGED;
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
+		return handleResizeEvent(event, ev.resize.w, ev.resize.h);
+#endif
 
 	case SDL_QUIT:
 		event.type = Common::EVENT_QUIT;
@@ -476,7 +515,7 @@ bool SdlEventSource::handleKeyDown(SDL_Event &ev, Common::Event &event) {
 
 	event.type = Common::EVENT_KEYDOWN;
 	event.kbd.keycode = SDLToOSystemKeycode(ev.key.keysym.sym);
-	event.kbd.ascii = mapKey(ev.key.keysym.sym, (SDLMod)ev.key.keysym.mod, (Uint16)ev.key.keysym.unicode);
+	event.kbd.ascii = mapKey(ev.key.keysym.sym, (SDLMod)ev.key.keysym.mod, obtainUnicode(ev.key.keysym));
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -520,7 +559,7 @@ bool SdlEventSource::handleKeyUp(SDL_Event &ev, Common::Event &event) {
 
 	event.type = Common::EVENT_KEYUP;
 	event.kbd.keycode = SDLToOSystemKeycode(ev.key.keysym.sym);
-	event.kbd.ascii = mapKey(ev.key.keysym.sym, (SDLMod)ev.key.keysym.mod, (Uint16)ev.key.keysym.unicode);
+	event.kbd.ascii = mapKey(ev.key.keysym.sym, (SDLMod)ev.key.keysym.mod, 0);
 
 	// Ctrl-Alt-<key> will change the GFX mode
 	SDLModToOSystemKeyFlags(mod, event);
@@ -763,4 +802,64 @@ void SdlEventSource::resetKeyboadEmulation(int16 x_max, int16 y_max) {
 	_km.last_time = 0;
 }
 
+bool SdlEventSource::handleResizeEvent(Common::Event &event, int w, int h) {
+	if (_graphicsManager) {
+		_graphicsManager->notifyResize(w, h);
+
+		// If the screen changed, send an Common::EVENT_SCREEN_CHANGED
+		int screenID = ((OSystem_SDL *)g_system)->getGraphicsManager()->getScreenChangeID();
+		if (screenID != _lastScreenID) {
+			_lastScreenID = screenID;
+			event.type = Common::EVENT_SCREEN_CHANGED;
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+static uint32 convUTF8ToUTF32(const char *src) {
+	uint32 utf32 = 0;
+
+	char *dst = SDL_iconv_string(
+#if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_BIG_ENDIAN
+	                             "UTF-32BE",
+#else
+	                             "UTF-32LE",
+#endif
+                                 "UTF-8", src, SDL_strlen(src) + 1);
+
+	if (dst) {
+		utf32 = *((uint32 *)dst);
+		SDL_free(dst);
+	}
+
+	return utf32;
+}
+#endif
+
+uint32 SdlEventSource::obtainUnicode(const SDL_keysym keySym) {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	SDL_Event events[2];
+
+	// In SDL2, the unicode field has been removed from the keysym struct.
+	// Instead a SDL_TEXTINPUT event is generated on key combinations that
+	// generates unicode.
+	// Here we peek into the event queue for the event to see if it exists.
+	int n = SDL_PeepEvents(events, 2, SDL_PEEKEVENT, SDL_KEYDOWN, SDL_TEXTINPUT);
+	// Make sure that the TEXTINPUT event belongs to this KEYDOWN
+	// event and not another pending one.
+	if (n > 0 && events[0].type == SDL_TEXTINPUT) {
+		return convUTF8ToUTF32(events[0].text.text);
+	} else if (n > 1 && events[0].type != SDL_KEYDOWN && events[1].type == SDL_TEXTINPUT) {
+		return convUTF8ToUTF32(events[1].text.text);
+	} else {
+		return 0;
+	}
+#else
+	return keySym.unicode;
+#endif
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/backends/events/sdl/sdl-events.h b/backends/events/sdl/sdl-events.h
index 7001e41db1da..7fc52a01cbc8 100644
--- a/backends/events/sdl/sdl-events.h
+++ b/backends/events/sdl/sdl-events.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class SdlEventSource : public Common::EventSource {
 	/**
 	 * Maps the ASCII value of key
 	 */
-	virtual int mapKey(SDLKey key, SDLMod mod, Uint16 unicode);
+	int mapKey(SDLKey key, SDLMod mod, Uint16 unicode);
 
 	/**
 	 * Configures the key modifiers flags status
@@ -136,6 +136,17 @@ class SdlEventSource : public Common::EventSource {
 	 * Translates SDL key codes to OSystem key codes
 	 */
 	Common::KeyCode SDLToOSystemKeycode(const SDLKey key);
+
+	/**
+	 * Notify graphics manager of a resize request.
+	 */
+	bool handleResizeEvent(Common::Event &event, int w, int h);
+
+	/**
+	 * Extracts unicode information for the specific key sym.
+	 * May only be used for key down events.
+	 */
+	uint32 obtainUnicode(const SDL_keysym keySym);
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/backends/graphics/openglsdl/openglsdl-graphics.cpp b/backends/graphics/openglsdl/openglsdl-graphics.cpp
index fc2956755db4..2710b66ecd15 100644
--- a/backends/graphics/openglsdl/openglsdl-graphics.cpp
+++ b/backends/graphics/openglsdl/openglsdl-graphics.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@
 #endif
 
 OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager(uint desktopWidth, uint desktopHeight, SdlEventSource *eventSource)
-    : SdlGraphicsManager(eventSource), _lastVideoModeLoad(0), _hwScreen(nullptr), _lastRequestedWidth(0), _lastRequestedHeight(0),
+    : SdlGraphicsManager(eventSource), _lastRequestedHeight(0),
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+      _glContext(),
+#else
+      _lastVideoModeLoad(0), _hwScreen(nullptr),
+#endif
       _graphicsScale(2), _ignoreLoadVideoMode(false), _gotResize(false), _wantsFullScreen(false), _ignoreResizeEvents(0),
       _desiredFullscreenWidth(0), _desiredFullscreenHeight(0) {
 	// Setup OpenGL attributes for SDL
@@ -40,6 +45,17 @@ OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager(uint desktopWidth, uint deskt
 	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER, 1);
 
 	// Retrieve a list of working fullscreen modes
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	const int numModes = SDL_GetNumDisplayModes(0);
+	for (int i = 0; i < numModes; ++i) {
+		SDL_DisplayMode mode;
+		if (SDL_GetDisplayMode(0, i, &mode)) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		_fullscreenVideoModes.push_back(VideoMode(mode.w, mode.h));
+	}
+#else
 	const SDL_Rect *const *availableModes = SDL_ListModes(NULL, SDL_OPENGL | SDL_FULLSCREEN);
 	if (availableModes != (void *)-1) {
 		for (;*availableModes; ++availableModes) {
@@ -47,9 +63,19 @@ OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager(uint desktopWidth, uint deskt
 
 			_fullscreenVideoModes.push_back(VideoMode(mode->w, mode->h));
 		}
+	}
+#endif
+
+	// Sort the modes in ascending order.
+	Common::sort(_fullscreenVideoModes.begin(), _fullscreenVideoModes.end());
 
-		// Sort the modes in ascending order.
-		Common::sort(_fullscreenVideoModes.begin(), _fullscreenVideoModes.end());
+	// Strip duplicates in video modes.
+	for (uint i = 0; i + 1 < _fullscreenVideoModes.size();) {
+		if (_fullscreenVideoModes[i] == _fullscreenVideoModes[i + 1]) {
+			_fullscreenVideoModes.remove_at(i);
+		} else {
+			++i;
+		}
 	}
 
 	// In case SDL is fine with every mode we will force the desktop mode.
@@ -120,11 +146,19 @@ void OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::setFeatureState(OSystem::Feature f, bool enable)
 bool OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::getFeatureState(OSystem::Feature f) {
 	switch (f) {
 	case OSystem::kFeatureFullscreenMode:
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+		if (_window) {
+			return (SDL_GetWindowFlags(_window) & SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN) != 0;
+		} else {
+			return _wantsFullScreen;
+		}
+#else
 		if (_hwScreen) {
 			return (_hwScreen->flags & SDL_FULLSCREEN) != 0;
 		} else {
 			return _wantsFullScreen;
 		}
+#endif
 
 	default:
 		return OpenGLGraphicsManager::getFeatureState(f);
@@ -201,13 +235,20 @@ void OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::updateScreen() {
 	OpenGLGraphicsManager::updateScreen();
 
 	// Swap OpenGL buffers
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	SDL_GL_SwapWindow(_window);
+#else
 	SDL_GL_SwapBuffers();
+#endif
 }
 
 void OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::notifyVideoExpose() {
 }
 
 void OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::notifyResize(const uint width, const uint height) {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	setActualScreenSize(width, height);
+#else
 	if (!_ignoreResizeEvents && _hwScreen && !(_hwScreen->flags & SDL_FULLSCREEN)) {
 		// We save that we handled a resize event here. We need to know this
 		// so we do not overwrite the users requested window size whenever we
@@ -218,6 +259,7 @@ void OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::notifyResize(const uint width, const uint height)
 			g_system->quit();
 		}
 	}
+#endif
 }
 
 void OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::transformMouseCoordinates(Common::Point &point) {
@@ -300,6 +342,58 @@ bool OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::setupMode(uint width, uint height) {
 		height = _desiredFullscreenHeight;
 	}
 
+	// This is pretty confusing since RGBA8888 talks about the memory
+	// layout here. This is a different logical layout depending on
+	// whether we run on little endian or big endian. However, we can
+	// only safely assume that RGBA8888 in memory layout is supported.
+	// Thus, we chose this one.
+	const Graphics::PixelFormat rgba8888 =
+#ifdef SCUMM_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	                                       Graphics::PixelFormat(4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 0, 8, 16, 24);
+#else
+	                                       Graphics::PixelFormat(4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 24, 16, 8, 0);
+#endif
+
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	if (_glContext) {
+		notifyContextDestroy();
+
+		SDL_GL_DeleteContext(_glContext);
+		_glContext = nullptr;
+	}
+
+	destroyWindow();
+
+	uint32 flags = SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL;
+	if (_wantsFullScreen) {
+		flags |= SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN;
+	} else {
+		flags |= SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE;
+	}
+
+	if (!createWindow(width, height, flags)) {
+		// We treat fullscreen requests as a "hint" for now. This means in
+		// case it is not available we simply ignore it.
+		if (_wantsFullScreen) {
+			createWindow(width, height, SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL | SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
+		}
+
+		if (!_window) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	_glContext = SDL_GL_CreateContext(_window);
+	if (!_glContext) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	notifyContextCreate(rgba8888, rgba8888);
+	int actualWidth, actualHeight;
+	SDL_GetWindowSize(_window, &actualWidth, &actualHeight);
+	setActualScreenSize(actualWidth, actualHeight);
+	return true;
+#else
 	// WORKAROUND: Working around infamous SDL bugs when switching
 	// resolutions too fast. This might cause the event system to supply
 	// incorrect mouse position events otherwise.
@@ -341,17 +435,6 @@ bool OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::setupMode(uint width, uint height) {
 	_lastVideoModeLoad = SDL_GetTicks();
 
 	if (_hwScreen) {
-		// This is pretty confusing since RGBA8888 talks about the memory
-		// layout here. This is a different logical layout depending on
-		// whether we run on little endian or big endian. However, we can
-		// only safely assume that RGBA8888 in memory layout is supported.
-		// Thus, we chose this one.
-		const Graphics::PixelFormat rgba8888 =
-#ifdef SCUMM_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-		                                       Graphics::PixelFormat(4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 0, 8, 16, 24);
-#else
-		                                       Graphics::PixelFormat(4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 24, 16, 8, 0);
-#endif
 		notifyContextCreate(rgba8888, rgba8888);
 		setActualScreenSize(_hwScreen->w, _hwScreen->h);
 	}
@@ -363,6 +446,21 @@ bool OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::setupMode(uint width, uint height) {
 		_ignoreResizeEvents = 10;
 
 	return _hwScreen != nullptr;
+#endif
+}
+
+void OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::getWindowDimensions(int *width, int *height) {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	SDL_GetWindowSize(_window, width, height);
+#else
+	if (width) {
+		*width = _hwScreen->w;
+	}
+
+	if (height) {
+		*height = _hwScreen->h;
+	}
+#endif
 }
 
 bool OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::notifyEvent(const Common::Event &event) {
@@ -456,7 +554,9 @@ bool OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::notifyEvent(const Common::Event &event) {
 					// Calculate the next scaling setting. We approximate the
 					// current scale setting in case the user resized the
 					// window. Then we apply the direction change.
-					_graphicsScale = MAX<int>(_hwScreen->w / _lastRequestedWidth, _hwScreen->h / _lastRequestedHeight);
+					int windowWidth = 0, windowHeight = 0;
+					getWindowDimensions(&windowWidth, &windowHeight);
+					_graphicsScale = MAX<int>(windowWidth / _lastRequestedWidth, windowHeight / _lastRequestedHeight);
 					_graphicsScale = MAX<int>(_graphicsScale + direction, 1);
 
 					// Since we overwrite a user resize here we reset its
@@ -472,7 +572,9 @@ bool OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager::notifyEvent(const Common::Event &event) {
 				}
 
 #ifdef USE_OSD
-				const Common::String osdMsg = Common::String::format("Resolution: %dx%d", _hwScreen->w, _hwScreen->h);
+				int windowWidth = 0, windowHeight = 0;
+				getWindowDimensions(&windowWidth, &windowHeight);
+				const Common::String osdMsg = Common::String::format("Resolution: %dx%d", windowWidth, windowHeight);
 				displayMessageOnOSD(osdMsg.c_str());
 #endif
 
diff --git a/backends/graphics/openglsdl/openglsdl-graphics.h b/backends/graphics/openglsdl/openglsdl-graphics.h
index 9934ca79e23e..1e927df7661a 100644
--- a/backends/graphics/openglsdl/openglsdl-graphics.h
+++ b/backends/graphics/openglsdl/openglsdl-graphics.h
@@ -68,8 +68,14 @@ class OpenGLSdlGraphicsManager : public OpenGL::OpenGLGraphicsManager, public Sd
 private:
 	bool setupMode(uint width, uint height);
 
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	SDL_GLContext _glContext;
+#else
 	uint32 _lastVideoModeLoad;
 	SDL_Surface *_hwScreen;
+#endif
+
+	void getWindowDimensions(int *width, int *height);
 
 	uint _lastRequestedWidth;
 	uint _lastRequestedHeight;
diff --git a/backends/graphics/sdl/sdl-graphics.cpp b/backends/graphics/sdl/sdl-graphics.cpp
index 58253c950940..f6d56ece0100 100644
--- a/backends/graphics/sdl/sdl-graphics.cpp
+++ b/backends/graphics/sdl/sdl-graphics.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,18 @@
 #include "common/textconsole.h"
 
 SdlGraphicsManager::SdlGraphicsManager(SdlEventSource *source)
-	: _eventSource(source) {
+	: _eventSource(source)
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	  , _window(nullptr), _inputGrabState(false), _windowCaption("ScummVM"), _windowIcon(nullptr)
+#endif
+	{
 }
 
 SdlGraphicsManager::~SdlGraphicsManager() {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	SDL_FreeSurface(_windowIcon);
+	destroyWindow();
+#endif
 }
 
 void SdlGraphicsManager::activateManager() {
@@ -42,33 +50,111 @@ void SdlGraphicsManager::deactivateManager() {
 }
 
 void SdlGraphicsManager::setWindowCaption(const Common::String &caption) {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	_windowCaption = caption;
+	if (_window) {
+		SDL_SetWindowTitle(_window, caption.c_str());
+	}
+#else
 	SDL_WM_SetCaption(caption.c_str(), caption.c_str());
+#endif
 }
 
 void SdlGraphicsManager::setWindowIcon(SDL_Surface *icon) {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	SDL_FreeSurface(_windowIcon);
+	_windowIcon = icon;
+	if (_window) {
+		SDL_SetWindowIcon(_window, icon);
+	}
+#else
 	SDL_WM_SetIcon(icon, NULL);
 	SDL_FreeSurface(icon);
+#endif
 }
 
 void SdlGraphicsManager::toggleMouseGrab() {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	if (_window) {
+		_inputGrabState = !(SDL_GetWindowGrab(_window) == SDL_TRUE);
+		SDL_SetWindowGrab(_window, _inputGrabState ? SDL_TRUE : SDL_FALSE);
+	}
+#else
 	if (SDL_WM_GrabInput(SDL_GRAB_QUERY) == SDL_GRAB_OFF) {
 		SDL_WM_GrabInput(SDL_GRAB_ON);
 	} else {
 		SDL_WM_GrabInput(SDL_GRAB_OFF);
 	}
+#endif
 }
 
 bool SdlGraphicsManager::hasMouseFocus() const {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	if (_window) {
+		return (SDL_GetWindowFlags(_window) & SDL_WINDOW_MOUSE_FOCUS);
+	} else {
+		return false;
+	}
+#else
 	return (SDL_GetAppState() & SDL_APPMOUSEFOCUS);
+#endif
 }
 
 void SdlGraphicsManager::warpMouseInWindow(uint x, uint y) {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	if (_window) {
+		SDL_WarpMouseInWindow(_window, x, y);
+	}
+#else
 	SDL_WarpMouse(x, y);
+#endif
 }
 
 void SdlGraphicsManager::iconifyWindow() {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	if (_window) {
+		SDL_MinimizeWindow(_window);
+	}
+#else
 	SDL_WM_IconifyWindow();
+#endif
+}
+
+SdlGraphicsManager::State::State()
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+    : windowIcon(nullptr)
+#endif
+    {
+}
+
+SdlGraphicsManager::State::~State() {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	SDL_FreeSurface(windowIcon);
+#endif
+}
+
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+SDL_Surface *copySDLSurface(SDL_Surface *src) {
+	const bool locked = SDL_MUSTLOCK(src) == SDL_TRUE;
+
+	if (locked) {
+		if (SDL_LockSurface(src) != 0) {
+			return nullptr;
+		}
+	}
+
+	SDL_Surface *res = SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom(src->pixels,
+	                       src->w, src->h, src->format->BitsPerPixel,
+	                       src->pitch, src->format->Rmask, src->format->Gmask,
+	                       src->format->Bmask, src->format->Amask);
+
+	if (locked) {
+		SDL_UnlockSurface(src);
+	}
+
+	return res;
 }
+#endif
 
 SdlGraphicsManager::State SdlGraphicsManager::getState() {
 	State state;
@@ -82,10 +168,29 @@ SdlGraphicsManager::State SdlGraphicsManager::getState() {
 	state.pixelFormat   = getScreenFormat();
 #endif
 
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	state.inputGrabState = _inputGrabState;
+	state.windowCaption  = _windowCaption;
+	state.windowIcon     = copySDLSurface(_windowIcon);
+#endif
+
 	return state;
 }
 
 bool SdlGraphicsManager::setState(const State &state) {
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	_inputGrabState = state.inputGrabState;
+	if (!_window) {
+		_windowCaption  = state.windowCaption;
+		SDL_FreeSurface(_windowIcon);
+		_windowIcon     = copySDLSurface(state.windowIcon);
+	} else {
+		SDL_SetWindowGrab(_window, _inputGrabState ? SDL_TRUE : SDL_FALSE);
+		setWindowCaption(state.windowCaption);
+		setWindowIcon(copySDLSurface(state.windowIcon));
+	}
+#endif
+
 	beginGFXTransaction();
 #ifdef USE_RGB_COLOR
 		initSize(state.screenWidth, state.screenHeight, &state.pixelFormat);
@@ -102,3 +207,27 @@ bool SdlGraphicsManager::setState(const State &state) {
 		return true;
 	}
 }
+
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+bool SdlGraphicsManager::createWindow(int width, int height, uint32 flags) {
+	destroyWindow();
+
+	if (_inputGrabState) {
+		flags |= SDL_WINDOW_INPUT_GRABBED;
+	}
+
+	_window = SDL_CreateWindow(_windowCaption.c_str(), SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
+	                           SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, width, height, flags);
+	if (!_window) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	SDL_SetWindowIcon(_window, _windowIcon);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+void SdlGraphicsManager::destroyWindow() {
+	SDL_DestroyWindow(_window);
+	_window = nullptr;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/backends/graphics/sdl/sdl-graphics.h b/backends/graphics/sdl/sdl-graphics.h
index 3a53a4e40eef..af7242b99e1c 100644
--- a/backends/graphics/sdl/sdl-graphics.h
+++ b/backends/graphics/sdl/sdl-graphics.h
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ class SdlGraphicsManager : virtual public GraphicsManager {
 	 * between different SDL graphic managers on runtime.
 	 */
 	struct State {
+		State();
+		~State();
+
 		int screenWidth, screenHeight;
 		bool aspectRatio;
 		bool fullscreen;
@@ -142,6 +145,12 @@ class SdlGraphicsManager : virtual public GraphicsManager {
 #ifdef USE_RGB_COLOR
 		Graphics::PixelFormat pixelFormat;
 #endif
+
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+		bool inputGrabState;
+		Common::String windowCaption;
+		SDL_Surface *windowIcon;
+#endif
 	};
 
 	/**
@@ -156,6 +165,17 @@ class SdlGraphicsManager : virtual public GraphicsManager {
 
 protected:
 	SdlEventSource *_eventSource;
+
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	SDL_Window *_window;
+
+	bool createWindow(int width, int height, uint32 flags);
+	void destroyWindow();
+private:
+	bool _inputGrabState;
+	Common::String _windowCaption;
+	SDL_Surface *_windowIcon;
+#endif
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/backends/graphics/surfacesdl/surfacesdl-graphics.cpp b/backends/graphics/surfacesdl/surfacesdl-graphics.cpp
index 583c85e44689..8e349653d0ea 100644
--- a/backends/graphics/surfacesdl/surfacesdl-graphics.cpp
+++ b/backends/graphics/surfacesdl/surfacesdl-graphics.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,11 @@ SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager::SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager(SdlEventSource *sdlEventSou
 #ifdef USE_OSD
 	_osdSurface(0), _osdAlpha(SDL_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT), _osdFadeStartTime(0),
 #endif
-	_hwscreen(0), _screen(0), _tmpscreen(0),
+	_hwscreen(0),
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	_renderer(nullptr), _screenTexture(nullptr),
+#endif
+	_screen(0), _tmpscreen(0),
 #ifdef USE_RGB_COLOR
 	_screenFormat(Graphics::PixelFormat::createFormatCLUT8()),
 	_cursorFormat(Graphics::PixelFormat::createFormatCLUT8()),
@@ -681,12 +685,22 @@ static void fixupResolutionForAspectRatio(AspectRatio desiredAspectRatio, int &w
 	const int w = width;
 	const int h = height;
 
+	int bestW = 0, bestH = 0;
+	uint bestMetric = (uint)-1; // Metric is wasted space
+
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	const int numModes = SDL_GetNumDisplayModes(0);
+	SDL_DisplayMode modeData, *mode = &modeData;
+	for (int i = 0; i < numModes; ++i) {
+		if (SDL_GetDisplayMode(0, i, &modeData)) {
+			continue;
+		}
+#else
 	SDL_Rect const* const*availableModes = SDL_ListModes(NULL, SDL_FULLSCREEN|SDL_SWSURFACE); //TODO : Maybe specify a pixel format
 	assert(availableModes);
 
-	const SDL_Rect *bestMode = NULL;
-	uint bestMetric = (uint)-1; // Metric is wasted space
 	while (const SDL_Rect *mode = *availableModes++) {
+#endif
 		if (mode->w < w)
 			continue;
 		if (mode->h < h)
@@ -699,15 +713,23 @@ static void fixupResolutionForAspectRatio(AspectRatio desiredAspectRatio, int &w
 			continue;
 
 		bestMetric = metric;
-		bestMode = mode;
+		bestW = mode->w;
+		bestH = mode->h;
+
+	// Make editors a bit more happy by having the same amount of closing as
+	// opening curley braces.
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
 	}
+#else
+	}
+#endif
 
-	if (!bestMode) {
+	if (!bestW || !bestH) {
 		warning("Unable to enforce the desired aspect ratio");
 		return;
 	}
-	width = bestMode->w;
-	height = bestMode->h;
+	width = bestW;
+	height = bestH;
 }
 
 bool SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager::loadGFXMode() {
@@ -876,6 +898,10 @@ void SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager::unloadGFXMode() {
 		_screen = NULL;
 	}
 
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	deinitializeRenderer();
+#endif
+
 	if (_hwscreen) {
 		SDL_FreeSurface(_hwscreen);
 		_hwscreen = NULL;
@@ -1443,6 +1469,9 @@ void SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager::setPalette(const byte *colors, uint start, uint
 		base[i].r = b[0];
 		base[i].g = b[1];
 		base[i].b = b[2];
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+		base[i].a = 255;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	if (start < _paletteDirtyStart)
@@ -1481,6 +1510,9 @@ void SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager::setCursorPalette(const byte *colors, uint start,
 		base[i].r = b[0];
 		base[i].g = b[1];
 		base[i].b = b[2];
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+		base[i].a = 255;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	_cursorPaletteDisabled = false;
@@ -2317,4 +2349,52 @@ void SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager::notifyMousePos(Common::Point mouse) {
 	setMousePos(mouse.x, mouse.y);
 }
 
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+void SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager::deinitializeRenderer() {
+	SDL_DestroyTexture(_screenTexture);
+	_screenTexture = nullptr;
+
+	SDL_DestroyRenderer(_renderer);
+	_renderer = nullptr;
+
+	destroyWindow();
+}
+
+SDL_Surface *SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager::SDL_SetVideoMode(int width, int height, int bpp, Uint32 flags) {
+	deinitializeRenderer();
+
+	if (!createWindow(width, height, (flags & SDL_FULLSCREEN) ? SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP : 0)) {
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	_renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(_window, -1, 0);
+	if (!_renderer) {
+		deinitializeRenderer();
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	_screenTexture = SDL_CreateTexture(_renderer, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB565, SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STREAMING, width, height);
+	if (!_screenTexture) {
+		deinitializeRenderer();
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	SDL_Surface *screen = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(0, width, height, 16, 0xF800, 0x7E0, 0x1F, 0);
+	if (!screen) {
+		deinitializeRenderer();
+		return nullptr;
+	} else {
+		return screen;
+	}
+}
+
+void SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager::SDL_UpdateRects(SDL_Surface *screen, int numrects, SDL_Rect *rects) {
+	SDL_UpdateTexture(_screenTexture, nullptr, screen->pixels, screen->pitch);
+
+	SDL_RenderClear(_renderer);
+	SDL_RenderCopy(_renderer, _screenTexture, NULL, NULL);
+	SDL_RenderPresent(_renderer);
+}
+#endif // SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/backends/graphics/surfacesdl/surfacesdl-graphics.h b/backends/graphics/surfacesdl/surfacesdl-graphics.h
index 49bd66b3e5b0..c4227475c037 100644
--- a/backends/graphics/surfacesdl/surfacesdl-graphics.h
+++ b/backends/graphics/surfacesdl/surfacesdl-graphics.h
@@ -166,6 +166,17 @@ class SurfaceSdlGraphicsManager : public SdlGraphicsManager, public Common::Even
 	/** Hardware screen */
 	SDL_Surface *_hwscreen;
 
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	/* SDL2 features a different API for 2D graphics. We create a wrapper
+	 * around this API to keep the code paths as close as possible. */
+	SDL_Renderer *_renderer;
+	SDL_Texture *_screenTexture;
+	void deinitializeRenderer();
+
+	SDL_Surface *SDL_SetVideoMode(int width, int height, int bpp, Uint32 flags);
+	void SDL_UpdateRects(SDL_Surface *screen, int numrects, SDL_Rect *rects);
+#endif
+
 	/** Unseen game screen */
 	SDL_Surface *_screen;
 #ifdef USE_RGB_COLOR
diff --git a/backends/mixer/sdl/sdl-mixer.cpp b/backends/mixer/sdl/sdl-mixer.cpp
index e3b15b8c59d9..fa363a7ad469 100644
--- a/backends/mixer/sdl/sdl-mixer.cpp
+++ b/backends/mixer/sdl/sdl-mixer.cpp
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ void SdlMixerManager::init() {
 		error("Could not initialize SDL: %s", SDL_GetError());
 	}
 
+#if !SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
 	const int maxNameLen = 20;
 	char sdlDriverName[maxNameLen];
 	sdlDriverName[0] = '\0';
 	SDL_AudioDriverName(sdlDriverName, maxNameLen);
 	debug(1, "Using SDL Audio Driver \"%s\"", sdlDriverName);
+#endif
 
 	// Get the desired audio specs
 	SDL_AudioSpec desired = getAudioSpec(SAMPLES_PER_SEC);
diff --git a/backends/module.mk b/backends/module.mk
index 34e29284190e..e5e2905781f5 100644
--- a/backends/module.mk
+++ b/backends/module.mk
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ MODULE_OBJS += \
 
 # SDL 1.3 removed audio CD support
 ifndef USE_SDL13
+ifndef USE_SDL2
 MODULE_OBJS += \
 	audiocd/sdl/sdl-audiocd.o
 endif
+endif
 
 ifdef USE_OPENGL
 MODULE_OBJS += \
diff --git a/backends/platform/sdl/sdl-sys.h b/backends/platform/sdl/sdl-sys.h
index eec3741ed68f..1ae43dbd8b85 100644
--- a/backends/platform/sdl/sdl-sys.h
+++ b/backends/platform/sdl/sdl-sys.h
@@ -74,5 +74,50 @@ typedef struct { int FAKE; } FAKE_FILE;
 #define strncasecmp    FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_REPLACEMENT
 #endif
 
+// SDL 2 has major API changes. We redefine constants which got renamed to
+// ease the transition. This is sometimes dangerous because the values changed
+// too!
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+
+// Type names which changed between SDL 1.2 and SDL 2.
+#define SDLKey     SDL_Keycode
+#define SDLMod     SDL_Keymod
+#define SDL_keysym SDL_Keysym
+
+// Key code constants which got renamed.
+#define SDLK_SCROLLOCK SDLK_SCROLLLOCK
+#define SDLK_NUMLOCK   SDLK_NUMLOCKCLEAR
+#define SDLK_LSUPER    SDLK_LGUI
+#define SDLK_RSUPER    SDLK_RGUI
+#define SDLK_PRINT     SDLK_PRINTSCREEN
+#define SDLK_COMPOSE   SDLK_APPLICATION
+#define SDLK_KP0       SDLK_KP_0
+#define SDLK_KP1       SDLK_KP_1
+#define SDLK_KP2       SDLK_KP_2
+#define SDLK_KP3       SDLK_KP_3
+#define SDLK_KP4       SDLK_KP_4
+#define SDLK_KP5       SDLK_KP_5
+#define SDLK_KP6       SDLK_KP_6
+#define SDLK_KP7       SDLK_KP_7
+#define SDLK_KP8       SDLK_KP_8
+#define SDLK_KP9       SDLK_KP_9
+
+// Meta key constants which got renamed.
+#define KMOD_META KMOD_GUI
+
+// SDL surface flags which got removed.
+#define SDL_SRCCOLORKEY 0
+#define SDL_SRCALPHA    0
+#define SDL_FULLSCREEN  0x40000000
+
+// Compatability implementations for removed functionality.
+int SDL_SetColors(SDL_Surface *surface, SDL_Color *colors, int firstcolor, int ncolors);
+int SDL_SetAlpha(SDL_Surface *surface, Uint32 flag, Uint8 alpha);
+
+#define SDL_SetColorKey SDL_SetColorKey_replacement
+int SDL_SetColorKey_replacement(SDL_Surface *surface, Uint32 flag, Uint32 key);
+
+#endif
+
 
 #endif
diff --git a/backends/platform/sdl/sdl.cpp b/backends/platform/sdl/sdl.cpp
index d3a6e5e65858..434a4ce18abe 100644
--- a/backends/platform/sdl/sdl.cpp
+++ b/backends/platform/sdl/sdl.cpp
@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ void OSystem_SDL::init() {
 	// Initialize SDL
 	initSDL();
 
+#if !SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
 	// Enable unicode support if possible
 	SDL_EnableUNICODE(1);
+#endif
 
 	// Disable OS cursor
 	SDL_ShowCursor(SDL_DISABLE);
@@ -158,10 +160,14 @@ void OSystem_SDL::initBackend() {
 	// Check if backend has not been initialized
 	assert(!_inited);
 
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	const char *sdlDriverName = SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver();
+#else
 	const int maxNameLen = 20;
 	char sdlDriverName[maxNameLen];
 	sdlDriverName[0] = '\0';
 	SDL_VideoDriverName(sdlDriverName, maxNameLen);
+#endif
 	// Using printf rather than debug() here as debug()/logging
 	// is not active by this point.
 	debug(1, "Using SDL Video Driver \"%s\"", sdlDriverName);
@@ -172,6 +178,13 @@ void OSystem_SDL::initBackend() {
 		_eventSource = new SdlEventSource();
 
 #ifdef USE_OPENGL
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+	SDL_DisplayMode displayMode;
+	if (!SDL_GetDesktopDisplayMode(0, &displayMode)) {
+		_desktopWidth  = displayMode.w;
+		_desktopHeight = displayMode.h;
+	}
+#else
 	// Query the desktop resolution. We simply hope nothing tried to change
 	// the resolution so far.
 	const SDL_VideoInfo *videoInfo = SDL_GetVideoInfo();
@@ -179,6 +192,7 @@ void OSystem_SDL::initBackend() {
 		_desktopWidth  = videoInfo->current_w;
 		_desktopHeight = videoInfo->current_h;
 	}
+#endif
 #endif
 
 	if (_graphicsManager == 0) {
@@ -681,5 +695,38 @@ void OSystem_SDL::setupGraphicsModes() {
 		mode++;
 	}
 }
+#endif
+
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
+int SDL_SetColors(SDL_Surface *surface, SDL_Color *colors, int firstcolor, int ncolors) {
+	if (surface->format->palette) {
+		return !SDL_SetPaletteColors(surface->format->palette, colors, firstcolor, ncolors) ? 1 : 0;
+	} else {
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
 
+int SDL_SetAlpha(SDL_Surface *surface, Uint32 flag, Uint8 alpha) {
+	if (SDL_SetSurfaceAlphaMod(surface, alpha)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (alpha == 255 || !flag) {
+		if (SDL_SetSurfaceBlendMode(surface, SDL_BLENDMODE_NONE)) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (SDL_SetSurfaceBlendMode(surface, SDL_BLENDMODE_BLEND)) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#undef SDL_SetColorKey
+int SDL_SetColorKey_replacement(SDL_Surface *surface, Uint32 flag, Uint32 key) {
+	return SDL_SetColorKey(surface, SDL_TRUE, key) ? -1 : 0;
+}
 #endif
+
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 17fbe15af2f1..3e85e42054c7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3070,6 +3070,9 @@ case $_backend in
 			1.3.*)
 				add_line_to_config_mk "USE_SDL13 = 1"
 				;;
+			2.0.*)
+				add_line_to_config_mk "USE_SDL2 = 1"
+				;;
 			*)
 				;;
 		esac