diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 078d229273..dbd48c51cf 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3900,7 +3900,12 @@ fi
 dnl library link name
 dnl These just save us from exporting lib_{unicode,debug,flavour}_suffix.
 dnl If we ever need to do that, we won't need to keep these.
-WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME_NOGUI="wx_base${WXBASEPORT}${lib_unicode_suffix}${lib_debug_suffix}${WX_LIB_FLAVOUR}"
+
+if test "$wxUSE_OSX_CARBON" = 1 -o "$wxUSE_OSX_COCOA" = 1 -o "$wxUSE_COCOA" = 1; then
+    WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME_NOGUI="wx_base${lib_unicode_suffix}${lib_debug_suffix}${WX_LIB_FLAVOUR}"
+else
+    WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME_NOGUI="wx_base${WXBASEPORT}${lib_unicode_suffix}${lib_debug_suffix}${WX_LIB_FLAVOUR}"
+fi
 if test "${TOOLKIT_DIR}" = "os2"; then
     WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME_GUI="wx_pm${WIDGET_SET}${lib_unicode_suffix}${lib_debug_suffix}${WX_LIB_FLAVOUR}"
 else