diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c914060850..4b9136e7c4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -44707,7 +44707,7 @@ CPPFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS \
 
 C_AND_CXX_FLAGS="$DEBUG_CFLAGS $PROFILE_FLAGS $OPTIMISE_CFLAGS"
 CFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CFLAGS $CWARNINGS $C_AND_CXX_FLAGS $CFLAGS `
-CXXFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS $C_AND_CXX_FLAGS $CXXFLAGS `
+CXXFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS $CXXWARNINGS $C_AND_CXX_FLAGS $CXXFLAGS `
 
 WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS $WXCONFIG_ONLY_CPPFLAGS`
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9adb0a5ba3..45197844dc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7027,7 +7027,7 @@ CPPFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS \
 
 C_AND_CXX_FLAGS="$DEBUG_CFLAGS $PROFILE_FLAGS $OPTIMISE_CFLAGS"
 CFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CFLAGS $CWARNINGS $C_AND_CXX_FLAGS $CFLAGS `
-CXXFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS $C_AND_CXX_FLAGS $CXXFLAGS `
+CXXFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS $CXXWARNINGS $C_AND_CXX_FLAGS $CXXFLAGS `
 
 dnl now that we added WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS to CPPFLAGS we can add the wx-config
 dnl only stuff to it