diff --git a/src/libsuperderpy.c b/src/libsuperderpy.c
index 6c18068..4c2d5fc 100644
--- a/src/libsuperderpy.c
+++ b/src/libsuperderpy.c
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ SYMBOL_EXPORT struct Game* libsuperderpy_init(int argc, char** argv, const char*
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (!al_init_video_addon()) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to initialize the video addon!\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	al_init_font_addon();
 
 	if (!al_init_ttf_addon()) {
diff --git a/src/libsuperderpy.h b/src/libsuperderpy.h
index d082a48..6ec5a94 100644
--- a/src/libsuperderpy.h
+++ b/src/libsuperderpy.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct Game;
 #include <allegro5/allegro_opengl.h>
 #include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h>
 #include <allegro5/allegro_ttf.h>
+#include <allegro5/allegro_video.h>
 #ifdef ALLEGRO_ANDROID
 #include <allegro5/allegro_android.h>
 #endif