diff --git a/src/video/sdl2_v.cpp b/src/video/sdl2_v.cpp
--- a/src/video/sdl2_v.cpp
+++ b/src/video/sdl2_v.cpp
@@ -540,6 +540,11 @@ const char *VideoDriver_SDL_Base::Start(
 	const char *dname = SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver();
 	Debug(driver, 1, "SDL2: using driver '{}'", dname);
 
+	this->driver_info = this->GetName();
+	this->driver_info += " (";
+	this->driver_info += dname;
+	this->driver_info += ")";
+
 	MarkWholeScreenDirty();
 
 	SDL_StopTextInput();