diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f5af2c1380..74940456e4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2942,6 +2942,8 @@ DEFAULT_wxUSE_TAB_DIALOG=no
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8=auto
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8_LOCALE=no
 
+DEFAULT_wxUSE_UNIVERSAL_BINARY=no
+
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_OFFICIAL_BUILD=no
 
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_GTK2=yes
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c796843a03..4372b556b4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ DEFAULT_wxUSE_TAB_DIALOG=no
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8=auto
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8_LOCALE=no
 
+dnl Mac/Cocoa users need to enable building universal binaries explicitly
+DEFAULT_wxUSE_UNIVERSAL_BINARY=no
+
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_OFFICIAL_BUILD=no
 
 dnl Applicable only when --with-gtk was used: