diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
index 994b0c4a2..2101df990 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ Other Changes:
     - Circle and Curves tessellation error are scaled accordingly.
 - Backends:
   - QNX: added QNX Screen backend. (#9492) [@mgorchak-blackberry]
-  - SDL2: fixed querying framebuffer scale/density when using Metal. (#5592) [@lailoken]
+  - SDL2: fixed querying framebuffer scale/density when using Metal without
+    going through a SDL_Renderer. (#5592) [@lailoken]
 - Examples:
+  - SDL2+Metal: create Metal context without using a SDL_Renderer.
   - QNX+OpenGL3, QNX+Vulkan: added QNX Screen examples. (#9492) [@mgorchak-blackberry]
 
 
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl2_metal/main.mm b/examples/example_sdl2_metal/main.mm
index bae566daf..edd436aca 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl2_metal/main.mm
+++ b/examples/example_sdl2_metal/main.mm
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ int main(int, char**)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    // Inform SDL that we will be using metal for rendering. Without this hint initialization of Metal renderer may fail.
-    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_RENDER_DRIVER, "metal");
-
     // From 2.0.18: Enable native IME.
 #ifdef SDL_HINT_IME_SHOW_UI
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_IME_SHOW_UI, "1");
@@ -46,13 +43,18 @@ int main(int, char**)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    SDL_Renderer* renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_PRESENTVSYNC);
-    if (renderer == nullptr)
+    // Create Metal device _before_ creating the view/layer
+    id<MTLDevice> metalDevice = MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice();
+    if (!metalDevice)
     {
-        printf("Error creating renderer: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
-        return -3;
+        printf("Error: failed to create Metal device.\n");
+        SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
+        SDL_Quit();
+        return 1;
     }
-    CAMetalLayer* layer = (__bridge CAMetalLayer*)SDL_RenderGetMetalLayer(renderer);
+    SDL_MetalView view = SDL_Metal_CreateView(window);
+    CAMetalLayer* layer = (__bridge CAMetalLayer*)SDL_Metal_GetLayer(view);
+    layer.device = metalDevice;
     layer.pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatBGRA8Unorm;
 
     id<MTLCommandQueue> commandQueue = [layer.device newCommandQueue];
@@ -123,7 +125,8 @@ int main(int, char**)
             }
 
             int width, height;
-            SDL_GetRendererOutputSize(renderer, &width, &height);
+            SDL_GetWindowSizeInPixels(window, &width, &height);
+
             layer.drawableSize = CGSizeMake(width, height);
             id<CAMetalDrawable> drawable = [layer nextDrawable];
 
@@ -195,7 +198,6 @@ int main(int, char**)
     ImGui_ImplSDL2_Shutdown();
     ImGui::DestroyContext();
 
-    SDL_DestroyRenderer(renderer);
     SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
     SDL_Quit();