diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c512bb29..c988ef56c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 include(${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/macros.cmake)
 include(${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake)
 
+# Enable large file support on 32-bit glibc, so that we can access files
+# with large inode numbers
+check_symbol_exists("__GLIBC__" "stdlib.h" LIBC_IS_GLIBC)
+if (LIBC_IS_GLIBC AND CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 4)
+    add_compile_definitions(PRIVATE _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64)
+endif()
+
 # See docs/release_checklist.md
 set(SDL_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(SDL_MINOR_VERSION 23)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2686db6b3..8bba0af0c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ dnl AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 dnl Check for tools
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG