diff --git a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11dyn.c b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11dyn.c
index 57e4890e09ed46d274cd6a48051d2428ebe9aac8..a327c6ec84ccb610742719ca5572515f886f81d6 100644
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11dyn.c
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11dyn.c
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ int SDL_X11_LoadSymbols(void)
 		}
 	}
 	#else
+		#if DEBUG_DYNAMIC_X11
+		printf("X11: No dynamic X11 support in this build of SDL.\n");
+		#endif
 		#ifdef X_HAVE_UTF8_STRING
 		pXCreateIC = XCreateIC;
 		#endif