diff --git a/src/platform/common.h b/src/platform/common.h
index 4104d4ea7..5c319dcee 100644
--- a/src/platform/common.h
+++ b/src/platform/common.h
@@ -860,6 +860,8 @@ namespace platf {
 
   /**
    * @brief Gets the supported gamepads for this platform backend.
+   * @details This may be called prior to `platf::input()`!
+   * @param input Pointer to the platform's `input_t` or `nullptr`.
    * @return Vector of gamepad options and status.
    */
   std::vector<supported_gamepad_t> &
diff --git a/src/platform/windows/input.cpp b/src/platform/windows/input.cpp
index a252544bd..5ff616891 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows/input.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/windows/input.cpp
@@ -1728,15 +1728,18 @@ namespace platf {
 
   std::vector<supported_gamepad_t> &
   supported_gamepads(input_t *input) {
-    bool enabled;
-    if (input) {
-      auto vigem = ((input_raw_t *) input)->vigem;
-      enabled = vigem != nullptr;
-    }
-    else {
-      enabled = false;
+    if (!input) {
+      static std::vector gps {
+        supported_gamepad_t { "auto", true, "" },
+        supported_gamepad_t { "x360", false, "" },
+        supported_gamepad_t { "ds4", false, "" },
+      };
+
+      return gps;
     }
 
+    auto vigem = ((input_raw_t *) input)->vigem;
+    auto enabled = vigem != nullptr;
     auto reason = enabled ? "" : "gamepads.vigem-not-available";
 
     // ds4 == ps4