diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b0186430b4..e466a53ec1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ case "${host}" in
   ;;
 
   *)
-    AC_MSG_ERROR(unknown system type ${host}.)
+    AC_MSG_WARN([*** System type ${host} is unknown, assuming generic Unix and continuing nevertheless.])
+    AC_MSG_WARN([*** Please report the build results to wx-dev@lists.wxwidgets.org.])
 esac
 
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