diff --git a/wx-config.in b/wx-config.in
index 6cabef88d4..8439e7eaf1 100755
--- a/wx-config.in
+++ b/wx-config.in
@@ -284,8 +284,14 @@ for arg do
         elif [ "$_name" = "optional_libs" ]; then
             optional_libs_parameters="${optional_libs_parameters:+$optional_libs_parameters }$arg"
         else
-            # These are unattached args and signify an error
-            input_parameters="${input_parameters:+$input_parameters }$arg"
+            # normally anything here are unattached arguments and signify an
+            # error but for compatibility with the 2.8 wx-config and,
+            # especially, configure scripts generated using 2.8 wxwin.m4 and
+            # hence doing `wx-config --version base,std`, we ignore anything
+            # following this option, just as 2.8 version used to do
+            if [ "$_name" != "version" ]; then
+                input_parameters="${input_parameters:+$input_parameters }$arg"
+            fi
         fi
         continue
         ;;