diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bl/blackvoxel/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bl/blackvoxel/package.nix
index 24428ad8a363..38cc6aac3f77 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bl/blackvoxel/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bl/blackvoxel/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   makeDesktopItem,
   imagemagick,
   glew_1_10,
-  SDL_compat,
+  sdl12-compat,
   nix-update-script,
 }:
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [
     glew_1_10
-    SDL_compat
+    sdl12-compat
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openxcom/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openxcom/package.nix
index 275c1191ef8c..74b756d4fcad 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openxcom/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openxcom/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   libGL,
   openssl,
   pkg-config,
-  SDL_compat,
+  sdl12-compat,
   SDL_image,
   SDL_mixer,
   SDL_gfx,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     boost
     libGL
     libGLU
-    SDL_compat
+    sdl12-compat
     SDL_gfx
     SDL_image
     SDL_mixer
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL_compat/find-headers.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl12-compat/find-headers.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL_compat/find-headers.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl12-compat/find-headers.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL_compat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl12-compat/package.nix
similarity index 97%
rename from pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL_compat/package.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl12-compat/package.nix
index 5252282ea6b5..d6916bee7b86 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL_compat/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl12-compat/package.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ let
   inherit (darwin) autoSignDarwinBinariesHook;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "SDL_compat";
+  pname = "sdl12-compat";
   version = "1.2.76";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-hSHtYFn4gr8Y9cNyLBT6frDgidNCRENPtTrtGfgH3po=";
   };
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL_compat/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl12-compat/setup-hook.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL_compat/setup-hook.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl12-compat/setup-hook.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl2-compat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl2-compat/package.nix
index 6a0d2b700357..5b6376cd9538 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl2-compat/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl2-compat/package.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   SDL2_sound,
   SDL2_mixer,
   SDL2_image,
-  SDL_compat,
+  sdl12-compat,
   ffmpeg,
   qemu,
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
 
       inherit
-        SDL_compat
+        sdl12-compat
         SDL2_ttf
         SDL2_net
         SDL2_gfx
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3/package.nix
index 033f865c4708..19ee7429320d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3/package.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   wayland-scanner,
   zenity,
   # for passthru.tests
-  SDL_compat,
+  sdl12-compat,
   sdl2-compat,
   sdl3-image,
   sdl3-ttf,
@@ -238,11 +238,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     });
 
     tests =
-      SDL_compat.tests
+      sdl12-compat.tests
       // sdl2-compat.tests
       // {
         inherit
-          SDL_compat
+          sdl12-compat
           sdl2-compat
           sdl3-image
           sdl3-ttf
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/package.nix
index 2066ae3f68e2..a84d4c63ab4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/stardust/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   zlib,
   libtiff,
   libxml2,
-  SDL_compat,
+  sdl12-compat,
   libx11,
   libxi,
   libxmu,
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    SDL_compat
+    sdl12-compat
     libxml2
   ];
   buildInputs = [
     zlib
     libtiff
     libxml2
-    SDL_compat
+    sdl12-compat
     libx11
     libxi
     libxmu
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/za/zandronum/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/za/zandronum/package.nix
index 7cf331bc8468..91d4f57ab137 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/za/zandronum/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/za/zandronum/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   makeWrapper,
   callPackage,
   soundfont-fluid,
-  SDL_compat,
+  sdl12-compat,
   libGL,
   libopus,
   glew,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     openssl
     bzip2
     zlib
-    SDL_compat
+    sdl12-compat
     libjpeg
     sqlite
     game-music-emu
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c624bc8282e7..d6bb44d12231 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1920,6 +1920,7 @@ mapAliases {
   SDL2_classic_image = throw "'SDL2_classic_image' has been removed as part of the deprecation of 'SDL2_classic'. Consider upgrading to 'SDL2_image' built with 'sdl2-compat'."; # Added 2025-05-20
   SDL2_classic_mixer = throw "'SDL2_classic_mixer' has been removed as part of the deprecation of 'SDL2_classic'. Consider upgrading to 'SDL2_mixer' built with 'sdl2-compat'."; # Added 2025-05-20
   SDL2_classic_ttf = throw "'SDL2_classic_ttf' has been removed as part of the deprecation of 'SDL2_classic'. Consider upgrading to 'SDL2_ttf' built with 'sdl2-compat'."; # Added 2025-05-20
+  SDL_compat = sdl12-compat; # Added 2026-05-19
   seafile-server = throw "'seafile-server' has been removed as it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-21
   seahub = throw "'seahub' has been removed as it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-21
   semantik = throw "'semantik' has been removed as it depended on EOL qt5 webengine"; # Added 2026-04-17
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 967f82d68e34..e6ba36e1efe0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7098,7 +7098,7 @@ with pkgs;
     };
   };
 
-  SDL = SDL_compat;
+  SDL = sdl12-compat;
   SDL2 = sdl2-compat;
 
   sev-snp-measure = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication sev-snp-measure;