diff --git a/ports/sdl2/portfile.cmake b/ports/sdl2/portfile.cmake
index d15d624f969036..d77c0903d07faa 100644
--- a/ports/sdl2/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/sdl2/portfile.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
         x11      SDL_X11
         wayland  SDL_WAYLAND
         samplerate SDL_LIBSAMPLERATE
+        ibus     SDL_IBUS
 )
 
 if ("x11" IN_LIST FEATURES)
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ endif()
 if ("wayland" IN_LIST FEATURES)
     message(WARNING "You will need to install Wayland dependencies to use feature wayland:\nsudo apt install libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev libegl1-mesa-dev\n")
 endif()
+if ("ibus" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    message(WARNING "You will need to install ibus dependencies to use feature ibus:\nsudo apt install libibus-1.0-dev\n")
+endif()
 
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP)
     set(configure_opts WINDOWS_USE_MSBUILD)
@@ -41,7 +45,6 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
         -DSDL_FORCE_STATIC_VCRT=${FORCE_STATIC_VCRT}
         -DSDL_LIBC=ON
         -DSDL_TEST=OFF
-        -DSDL_IBUS=OFF
         -DSDL_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR="cmake"
         -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Git=ON
         -DSDL_LIBSAMPLERATE_SHARED=OFF
diff --git a/ports/sdl2/vcpkg.json b/ports/sdl2/vcpkg.json
index 2f2b0422f6988e..45c4442e73b0da 100644
--- a/ports/sdl2/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/sdl2/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "sdl2",
   "version": "2.26.3",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D.",
   "homepage": "https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php",
   "license": "Zlib",
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
           "name": "sdl2",
           "default-features": false,
           "features": [
+            "ibus",
             "wayland",
             "x11"
           ],
@@ -32,6 +34,10 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    "ibus": {
+      "description": "Build with ibus IME support",
+      "supports": "linux"
+    },
     "samplerate": {
       "description": "Use libsamplerate for audio rate conversion",
       "dependencies": [
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index beb1f0bd61bab9..04a454c838c641 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -7042,7 +7042,7 @@
     },
     "sdl2": {
       "baseline": "2.26.3",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "sdl2-gfx": {
       "baseline": "1.0.4",
diff --git a/versions/s-/sdl2.json b/versions/s-/sdl2.json
index 21a34ced0c83a3..6ce81cbaadbbe9 100644
--- a/versions/s-/sdl2.json
+++ b/versions/s-/sdl2.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "fca6245cea40954b09d7091b4a0ab02b16b3907c",
+      "version": "2.26.3",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "693dd875c592f310f23cf34ee7fbfb7e1be0dff8",
       "version": "2.26.3",