diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d1fede1dfa..0735848b1f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Id: configure.in 60979 2009-06-10 14:56:18Z VZ .
+# From configure.in Id: configure.in 60981 2009-06-10 15:07:03Z VZ .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for wxWidgets 2.9.0.
 #
@@ -47144,6 +47144,10 @@ case ".$ac_cv_cxxflags_gcc_option__Woverloaded_virtual" in
  ;;
 esac
 
+
+                    if test "$wxUSE_MAC" = 1 ; then
+        CXXWARNINGS="$CXXWARNINGS -Wno-deprecated-declarations"
+    fi
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3e0012dc6e..2ab3ea808b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7417,6 +7417,14 @@ if test "x$INTELCXX" = "xyes" ; then
 elif test "$GXX" = yes ; then
     CXXWARNINGS="-Wall -Wundef -Wunused-parameter -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy"
     AX_CXXFLAGS_GCC_OPTION(-Woverloaded-virtual, CXXWARNINGS)
+
+    dnl when building under Mac we currently get hundreds of deprecation
+    dnl warnings for Carbon symbols from the standard headers -- disable them
+    dnl as we already know that they're deprecated and nothing else can be seen
+    dnl with these warnings on
+    if test "$wxUSE_MAC" = 1 ; then
+        CXXWARNINGS="$CXXWARNINGS -Wno-deprecated-declarations"
+    fi
 fi