diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e2e1ff5b..42ef2411f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ if(MSVC)
 	set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
 	set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 else()
-	set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall -Wunused-value -Wno-c++11-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wextra -pedantic -Wnonportable-include-path -Wshadow -std=c89")
-	set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wunused-value -Wno-c++11-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wextra -Wnon-virtual-dtor -pedantic -Wnonportable-include-path -Wshadow -std=c++11 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti")
+	set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall -Wunused-value -Wno-variadic-macros -Wextra -pedantic -Wshadow -std=c89")
+	set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wunused-value -Wno-variadic-macros -Wextra -Wnon-virtual-dtor -pedantic -Wshadow -std=c++11 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti")
 
 	if (${SPINE_SANITIZE})
 		set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined")
diff --git a/spine-sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/spine-sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index e0109f838..b2ada59fb 100644
--- a/spine-sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/spine-sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,20 +16,22 @@ FetchContent_MakeAvailable(SDL)
 include_directories(src)
 
 add_library(spine-sdl-c STATIC src/spine-sdl-c.c src/spine-sdl-c.h src/stb_image.h)
-target_link_libraries(spine-sdl-c LINK_PUBLIC SDL2 spine-c)
+target_link_libraries(spine-sdl-c LINK_PUBLIC SDL2-static spine-c)
 install(TARGETS spine-sdl-c DESTINATION dist/lib)
 install(FILES src/spine-sdl-c.h src/stb_image.h DESTINATION dist/include)
 
 add_library(spine-sdl-cpp STATIC src/spine-sdl-cpp.cpp src/spine-sdl-cpp.h src/stb_image.h)
-target_link_libraries(spine-sdl-cpp LINK_PUBLIC SDL2 spine-cpp)
+target_link_libraries(spine-sdl-cpp LINK_PUBLIC SDL2-static spine-cpp)
 install(TARGETS spine-sdl-cpp DESTINATION dist/lib)
 install(FILES src/spine-sdl-cpp.h src/stb_image.h DESTINATION dist/include)
 
 add_executable(spine-sdl-c-example example/main.c)
-target_link_libraries(spine-sdl-c-example SDL2 spine-sdl-c)
+target_link_libraries(spine-sdl-c-example SDL2-static spine-sdl-c)
+set_property(TARGET spine-sdl-c-example PROPERTY VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/spine-sdl")
 
 add_executable(spine-sdl-cpp-example example/main.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(spine-sdl-cpp-example SDL2 spine-sdl-cpp)
+target_link_libraries(spine-sdl-cpp-example SDL2-static spine-sdl-cpp)
+set_property(TARGET spine-sdl-cpp-example PROPERTY VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/spine-sdl")
 
 # copy data to build directory
 add_custom_command(TARGET spine-sdl-c-example PRE_BUILD
diff --git a/spine-sdl/README.md b/spine-sdl/README.md
index 7ee7a30c1..e5fb5839e 100644
--- a/spine-sdl/README.md
+++ b/spine-sdl/README.md
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ The Spine SFML example works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. For a spine-c based
 6. Click `Browse Build` and select the `spine-runtimes/spine-sdl/build` directory. You can create the `build` folder directly in the file dialog via `New Folder`.
 7. Click `Configure`. Then click `Generate`. This will create a Visual Studio solution file called `spine.sln` in `spine-runtimes/spine-sdl/build` and also download the SDL dependencies.
 8. Open the `spine.sln` file in Visual Studio
-9. Right click the `spine-sfml-example` project in the solution explorer and select `Set as Startup Project` from the context menu
-10. Right click the `spine-sfml-example` project in the solution explorer and select `Properties` from the context menu
-11. Select `Debugging` in the left-hand list, then set `Working Directory` to `$(OutputPath)`
+9. Right click the `spine-sdl-example-c` or `spine-sdl-example-cpp` project in the solution explorer and select `Set as Startup Project` from the context menus
 12. Click `Local Windows Debugger` to run the example
 
 The entire example code is contained in [main.cpp](example/main.cpp#L61)
diff --git a/spine-sdl/example/main.c b/spine-sdl/example/main.c
index fa010d513..deaaf7238 100644
--- a/spine-sdl/example/main.c
+++ b/spine-sdl/example/main.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <spine-sdl-c.h>
 #include <SDL.h>
+#undef main
 
 int main() {
 	if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO)) {
diff --git a/spine-sdl/example/main.cpp b/spine-sdl/example/main.cpp
index 89a69a556..af8f08ec6 100644
--- a/spine-sdl/example/main.cpp
+++ b/spine-sdl/example/main.cpp
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 
 #include <spine-sdl-cpp.h>
 #include <SDL.h>
+#undef main
 
-int main() {
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO)) {
 		printf("Error: %s", SDL_GetError());
 		return -1;
diff --git a/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-c.c b/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-c.c
index 4f99357bb..83555998a 100644
--- a/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-c.c
+++ b/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-c.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "spine-sdl-c.h"
 #include <spine/spine.h>
 #include <spine/extension.h>
-#include <SDL.h>
 
 #define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION
 
diff --git a/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-c.h b/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-c.h
index b8cbf2b63..7d48cca66 100644
--- a/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-c.h
+++ b/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-c.h
@@ -32,13 +32,12 @@
 
 #include <spine/spine.h>
 
+#include <SDL.h>
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-struct SDL_Renderer;
-struct SDL_Texture;
-struct SDL_Vertex;
 _SP_ARRAY_DECLARE_TYPE(spSdlVertexArray, struct SDL_Vertex)
 
 typedef struct spSkeletonDrawable {
diff --git a/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-cpp.h b/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-cpp.h
index a2843f5d4..c47b6bc61 100644
--- a/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-cpp.h
+++ b/spine-sdl/src/spine-sdl-cpp.h
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@
 #define SPINE_SDL
 
 #include <spine/spine.h>
-
-struct SDL_Renderer;
-struct SDL_Vertex;
+#include <SDL.h>
 
 namespace spine {
 	class SkeletonDrawable {