diff --git a/backends/keymapper/hardware-input.cpp b/backends/keymapper/hardware-input.cpp
index 0b888a92eae..5ff07264cb6 100644
--- a/backends/keymapper/hardware-input.cpp
+++ b/backends/keymapper/hardware-input.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ const HardwareInputTableEntry defaultJoystickButtons[] = {
 	{ "JOY_DOWN",           JOYSTICK_BUTTON_DPAD_DOWN,      _s("D-pad Down")     },
 	{ "JOY_LEFT",           JOYSTICK_BUTTON_DPAD_LEFT,      _s("D-pad Left")     },
 	{ "JOY_RIGHT",          JOYSTICK_BUTTON_DPAD_RIGHT,     _s("D-pad Right")    },
+	{ "JOY_CENTER",         JOYSTICK_BUTTON_DPAD_CENTER,    _s("D-pad Center")   },
 	{ nullptr,              0,                              nullptr              }
 };
 
diff --git a/common/events.h b/common/events.h
index b9dab2888a0..a976a31b229 100644
--- a/common/events.h
+++ b/common/events.h
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ enum JoystickButton {
 	JOYSTICK_BUTTON_DPAD_UP,
 	JOYSTICK_BUTTON_DPAD_DOWN,
 	JOYSTICK_BUTTON_DPAD_LEFT,
-	JOYSTICK_BUTTON_DPAD_RIGHT
+	JOYSTICK_BUTTON_DPAD_RIGHT,
+	JOYSTICK_BUTTON_DPAD_CENTER
 };
 
 /**