diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 89352a2a54..b0b68e8522 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -22358,6 +22358,7 @@ s%@WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER@%$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER%g
 s%@WX_RELEASE_NUMBER@%$WX_RELEASE_NUMBER%g
 s%@WX_LIBRARY_NAME_STATIC@%$WX_LIBRARY_NAME_STATIC%g
 s%@WX_LIBRARY_NAME_SHARED@%$WX_LIBRARY_NAME_SHARED%g
+s%@WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME@%$WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME%g
 s%@WX_LIBRARY_IMPORTLIB@%$WX_LIBRARY_IMPORTLIB%g
 s%@WX_TARGET_LIBRARY@%$WX_TARGET_LIBRARY%g
 s%@WX_LIBRARY_LINK1@%$WX_LIBRARY_LINK1%g
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c31a771246..4b8ffcc8ab 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5190,6 +5190,7 @@ AC_SUBST(WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER)
 AC_SUBST(WX_RELEASE_NUMBER)
 AC_SUBST(WX_LIBRARY_NAME_STATIC)
 AC_SUBST(WX_LIBRARY_NAME_SHARED)
+AC_SUBST(WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME)
 AC_SUBST(WX_LIBRARY_IMPORTLIB)
 AC_SUBST(WX_TARGET_LIBRARY)
 AC_SUBST(WX_LIBRARY_LINK1)
diff --git a/src/make.env.in b/src/make.env.in
index 2d27981046..94a973aeef 100644
--- a/src/make.env.in
+++ b/src/make.env.in
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ TOOLKITDIR = @TOOLKIT_DIR@
 
 WXLIB = @WX_LIBRARY_NAME_STATIC@
 WXSHLIB = @WX_LIBRARY_NAME_SHARED@
+WXLIBBASE = @WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME@
 
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