diff --git a/freeglut/freeglut/src/Common/freeglut_joystick.c b/freeglut/freeglut/src/Common/freeglut_joystick.c
index c5e1b4a..5cfa430 100644
--- a/freeglut/freeglut/src/Common/freeglut_joystick.c
+++ b/freeglut/freeglut/src/Common/freeglut_joystick.c
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ static void fghJoystickAddHatElement ( SFG_Joystick* joy, CFDictionaryRef hat );
 
 
 /* External function declarations (mostly platform-specific) */
+extern void fgPlatformJoystickInit( SFG_Joystick *fgJoystick[], int ident );
 extern void fgPlatformJoystickClose ( int ident );
 
 /*
@@ -401,6 +402,14 @@ static SFG_Joystick *fgJoystick [ MAX_NUM_JOYSTICKS ];
  */
 
 #if TARGET_HOST_MACINTOSH
+void fgPlatformJoystickInit( SFG_Joystick *fgJoystick[], int ident )
+{
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->id = ident;
+    snprintf( fgJoystick[ ident ]->fname, sizeof(fgJoystick[ ident ]->fname), "/dev/js%d", ident ); /* FIXME */
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
+}
+
+
 void fgPlatformJoystickClose ( int ident )
 {
     ISpSuspend( );
@@ -410,6 +419,51 @@ void fgPlatformJoystickClose ( int ident )
 #endif
 
 #if TARGET_HOST_MAC_OSX
+void fgPlatformJoystickInit( SFG_Joystick *fgJoystick[], int ident )
+{
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->id = ident;
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->num_axes = 0;
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->num_buttons = 0;
+
+    if( numDevices < 0 )
+    {
+        /* do first-time init (since we can't over-ride jsInit, hmm */
+        numDevices = 0;
+
+        mach_port_t masterPort;
+        IOReturn rv = IOMasterPort( bootstrap_port, &masterPort );
+        if( rv != kIOReturnSuccess )
+        {
+            fgWarning( "error getting master Mach port" );
+            return;
+        }
+        fghJoystickFindDevices( masterPort );
+    }
+
+    if ( ident >= numDevices )
+    {
+        fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_TRUE;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* get the name now too */
+    CFDictionaryRef properties = getCFProperties( ioDevices[ ident ] );
+    CFTypeRef ref = CFDictionaryGetValue( properties,
+                                          CFSTR( kIOHIDProductKey ) );
+    if (!ref)
+        ref = CFDictionaryGetValue(properties, CFSTR( "USB Product Name" ) );
+
+    if( !ref ||
+        !CFStringGetCString( ( CFStringRef )ref, name, 128,
+                             CFStringGetSystemEncoding( ) ) )
+    {
+        fgWarning( "error getting device name" );
+        name[ 0 ] = '\0';
+    }
+}
+
+
 void fgPlatformJoystickClose ( int ident )
 {
     ( *( fgJoystick[ ident ]->hidDev ) )->
@@ -418,6 +472,33 @@ void fgPlatformJoystickClose ( int ident )
 #endif
 
 #if TARGET_HOST_POSIX_X11
+void fgPlatformJoystickInit( SFG_Joystick *fgJoystick[], int ident )
+{
+#if defined( __FreeBSD__ ) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || defined( __NetBSD__ )
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->id = ident;
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
+
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->os = calloc( 1, sizeof( struct os_specific_s ) );
+    memset( fgJoystick[ ident ]->os, 0, sizeof( struct os_specific_s ) );
+    if( ident < USB_IDENT_OFFSET )
+        fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->is_analog = 1;
+    if( fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->is_analog )
+        snprintf( fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->fname, sizeof(fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->fname), "%s%d", AJSDEV, ident );
+    else
+        snprintf( fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->fname, sizeof(fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->fname), "%s%d", UHIDDEV,
+                 ident - USB_IDENT_OFFSET );
+#elif defined( __linux__ )
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->id = ident;
+    fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
+
+    snprintf( fgJoystick[ident]->fname, sizeof(fgJoystick[ident]->fname), "/dev/input/js%d", ident );
+
+    if( access( fgJoystick[ ident ]->fname, F_OK ) != 0 )
+        snprintf( fgJoystick[ ident ]->fname, sizeof(fgJoystick[ ident ]->fname), "/dev/js%d", ident );
+#endif
+}
+
+
 void fgPlatformJoystickClose ( int ident )
 {
 #if defined( __FreeBSD__ ) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || defined( __NetBSD__ )
@@ -1486,97 +1567,7 @@ static void fghJoystickInit( int ident )
     fgJoystick[ ident ]->num_axes = fgJoystick[ ident ]->num_buttons = 0;
     fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_TRUE;
 
-#if TARGET_HOST_MACINTOSH
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->id = ident;
-    snprintf( fgJoystick[ ident ]->fname, sizeof(fgJoystick[ ident ]->fname), "/dev/js%d", ident ); /* FIXME */
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
-#endif
-
-#if TARGET_HOST_MAC_OSX
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->id = ident;
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->num_axes = 0;
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->num_buttons = 0;
-
-    if( numDevices < 0 )
-    {
-        /* do first-time init (since we can't over-ride jsInit, hmm */
-        numDevices = 0;
-
-        mach_port_t masterPort;
-        IOReturn rv = IOMasterPort( bootstrap_port, &masterPort );
-        if( rv != kIOReturnSuccess )
-        {
-            fgWarning( "error getting master Mach port" );
-            return;
-        }
-        fghJoystickFindDevices( masterPort );
-    }
-
-    if ( ident >= numDevices )
-    {
-        fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_TRUE;
-        return;
-    }
-
-    /* get the name now too */
-    CFDictionaryRef properties = getCFProperties( ioDevices[ ident ] );
-    CFTypeRef ref = CFDictionaryGetValue( properties,
-                                          CFSTR( kIOHIDProductKey ) );
-    if (!ref)
-        ref = CFDictionaryGetValue(properties, CFSTR( "USB Product Name" ) );
-
-    if( !ref ||
-        !CFStringGetCString( ( CFStringRef )ref, name, 128,
-                             CFStringGetSystemEncoding( ) ) )
-    {
-        fgWarning( "error getting device name" );
-        name[ 0 ] = '\0';
-    }
-#endif
-
-#if TARGET_HOST_MS_WINDOWS && !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
-    switch( ident )
-    {
-    case 0:
-        fgJoystick[ ident ]->js_id = JOYSTICKID1;
-        fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
-        break;
-    case 1:
-        fgJoystick[ ident ]->js_id = JOYSTICKID2;
-        fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
-        break;
-    default:
-        fgJoystick[ ident ]->num_axes = 0;
-        fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_TRUE;
-        return;
-    }
-#endif
-
-#if TARGET_HOST_POSIX_X11
-#    if defined( __FreeBSD__ ) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || defined( __NetBSD__ )
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->id = ident;
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
-
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->os = calloc( 1, sizeof( struct os_specific_s ) );
-    memset( fgJoystick[ ident ]->os, 0, sizeof( struct os_specific_s ) );
-    if( ident < USB_IDENT_OFFSET )
-        fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->is_analog = 1;
-    if( fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->is_analog )
-        snprintf( fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->fname, sizeof(fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->fname), "%s%d", AJSDEV, ident );
-    else
-        snprintf( fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->fname, sizeof(fgJoystick[ ident ]->os->fname), "%s%d", UHIDDEV,
-                 ident - USB_IDENT_OFFSET );
-#    elif defined( __linux__ )
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->id = ident;
-    fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
-
-    snprintf( fgJoystick[ident]->fname, sizeof(fgJoystick[ident]->fname), "/dev/input/js%d", ident );
-
-    if( access( fgJoystick[ ident ]->fname, F_OK ) != 0 )
-        snprintf( fgJoystick[ ident ]->fname, sizeof(fgJoystick[ ident ]->fname), "/dev/js%d", ident );
-#    endif
-#endif
+	fgPlatformJoystickInit( fgJoystick, ident );
 
     fghJoystickOpen( fgJoystick[ ident  ] );
 }
diff --git a/freeglut/freeglut/src/mswin/freeglut_joystick_mswin.c b/freeglut/freeglut/src/mswin/freeglut_joystick_mswin.c
index 2aad217..e154223 100644
--- a/freeglut/freeglut/src/mswin/freeglut_joystick_mswin.c
+++ b/freeglut/freeglut/src/mswin/freeglut_joystick_mswin.c
@@ -30,6 +30,27 @@
 
 
 #if !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
+void fgPlatformJoystickInit( SFG_Joystick *fgJoystick[], int ident )
+{
+    switch( ident )
+    {
+    case 0:
+        fgJoystick[ ident ]->js_id = JOYSTICKID1;
+        fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
+        break;
+    case 1:
+        fgJoystick[ ident ]->js_id = JOYSTICKID2;
+        fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_FALSE;
+        break;
+    default:
+        fgJoystick[ ident ]->num_axes = 0;
+        fgJoystick[ ident ]->error = GL_TRUE;
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
+
+
 void fgPlatformJoystickClose ( int ident )
 {
     /* Do nothing special */