diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1dcd6a6..c7a3c16 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@ check_symbol_exists(_vsnprintf    stdio.h HAVE__VSNPRINTF)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Third-party libraries
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# This codebase targets SDL 1.2 and SDL_image 1.2. CMake's bundled FindSDL
-# / FindSDL_image modules locate these directly; on macOS with Homebrew,
-# `brew install sdl12-compat sdl_image` works.
-find_package(SDL REQUIRED)
-find_package(SDL_image REQUIRED)
+# Migrating to SDL 3. Homebrew: `brew install sdl3 sdl3_image`.
+find_package(SDL3 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+find_package(SDL3_image CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 if(KOBO_ENABLE_OPENGL)
     find_package(OpenGL)
@@ -122,9 +120,8 @@ target_compile_definitions(kobo_deps INTERFACE
 target_include_directories(kobo_deps INTERFACE
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}    # for generated aconfig.h
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}    # for config.h
-    ${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
-target_link_libraries(kobo_deps INTERFACE ${SDL_LIBRARY} ${SDL_IMAGE_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(kobo_deps INTERFACE SDL3::SDL3 SDL3_image::SDL3_image)
 
 if(HAVE_OPENGL)
     target_compile_definitions(kobo_deps INTERFACE HAVE_OPENGL)
diff --git a/graphics/filters.c b/graphics/filters.c
index 106041e..f1ae9ff 100644
--- a/graphics/filters.c
+++ b/graphics/filters.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include "logger.h"
 #include "glSDL.h"
-#include "SDL_image.h"
+#include <SDL3_image/SDL_image.h>
 #include "sprite.h"
 #include "filters.h"
 
diff --git a/graphics/gfxengine.cpp b/graphics/gfxengine.cpp
index c70a4b1..4016d8e 100644
--- a/graphics/gfxengine.cpp
+++ b/graphics/gfxengine.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 #include "gfxengine.h"
 #include "filters.h"
-#include "SDL_image.h"
+#include <SDL3_image/SDL_image.h>
 #include "glSDL.h"
 #include "sofont.h"
 #include "window.h"
diff --git a/graphics/glSDL.c b/graphics/glSDL.c
index 599a1ff..b43e90b 100644
--- a/graphics/glSDL.c
+++ b/graphics/glSDL.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 
 #if HAS_SDL_OPENGL_H
-#include "SDL_opengl.h"
+#include <SDL3/SDL_opengl.h>
 #else
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
diff --git a/graphics/glSDL.h b/graphics/glSDL.h
index 7bdf193..f0bbf4a 100644
--- a/graphics/glSDL.h
+++ b/graphics/glSDL.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 /* We're still using SDL datatypes here - we just add some stuff. */
-#include "SDL.h"
+#include <SDL3/SDL.h>
 
 /*
  * Ignore the flag from SDL w/ glSDL backend, since we're going
diff --git a/graphics/sprite.c b/graphics/sprite.c
index bb3c582..b1b9eb9 100644
--- a/graphics/sprite.c
+++ b/graphics/sprite.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ TODO: tables as needed when loading banks.
 #include <string.h>
 #include "logger.h"
 #include "glSDL.h"
-#include "SDL_image.h"
+#include <SDL3_image/SDL_image.h>
 #include "sprite.h"
 #include "filters.h"
 
diff --git a/sound/audio.c b/sound/audio.c
index bbdce24..61f7007 100644
--- a/sound/audio.c
+++ b/sound/audio.c
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 #include "audiodev.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "SDL.h"
-#include "SDL_audio.h"
+#include <SDL3/SDL.h>
+#include <SDL3/SDL_audio.h>
 #include "logger.h"
 
 #include "a_struct.h"