diff --git a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
index 5be5efbc18..d50a8af0ce 100644
--- a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
+++ b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
@@ -984,6 +984,10 @@ void WIN_CheckKeyboardAndMouseHotplug(SDL_VideoDevice *_this, bool initial_check
     int new_mouse_count = 0;
     SDL_MouseID *new_mice = NULL;
 
+    if (!_this->internal->detect_device_hotplug) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Check to see if anything has changed
     static Uint64 s_last_device_change;
     Uint64 last_device_change = WIN_GetLastDeviceNotification();
diff --git a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsvideo.c b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsvideo.c
index 5659edaf5b..b7e4991bee 100644
--- a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsvideo.c
+++ b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsvideo.c
@@ -631,6 +631,8 @@ static bool WIN_VideoInit(SDL_VideoDevice *_this)
         return false;
     }
 
+    _this->internal->detect_device_hotplug = SDL_GetHintBoolean("SDL_WINDOWS_DETECT_DEVICE_HOTPLUG", true);
+
     WIN_InitKeyboard(_this);
     WIN_InitMouse(_this);
     WIN_InitDeviceNotification();
diff --git a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsvideo.h b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsvideo.h
index 1773264b4d..a09066b562 100644
--- a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsvideo.h
+++ b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsvideo.h
@@ -583,6 +583,8 @@ struct SDL_VideoData
 
     bool cleared;
 
+    bool detect_device_hotplug;
+
     BYTE *rawinput;
     UINT rawinput_offset;
     UINT rawinput_size;