diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b74b7d8d1e..c0bd57f613 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1259,6 +1259,7 @@ if test "$wxUSE_WINE" = "yes"; then
     CC=winegcc
     CXX=wineg++
     RESCOMP=wrc
+    LDFLAGS_GUI="-mwindows"
 fi
 
 dnl NB: The two tests bellow are *NOT* mutually exclusive! They should only