diff -Naur a/SDL2-2.0.5/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c b/SDL2-2.0.5/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c
--- a/SDL2-2.0.5/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c	2016-10-19 21:56:26.000000000 -0600
+++ b/SDL2-2.0.5/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c	2017-01-05 15:38:47.350819207 -0700
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 };
 
 static int SDL_EVDEV_is_console(int fd) {
-    int type;
+    char type;
     
     return isatty(fd) && ioctl(fd, KDGKBTYPE, &type) == 0 &&
         (type == KB_101 || type == KB_84);