diff --git a/distrib/msw/zipdistinno.bat b/distrib/msw/zipdistinno.bat
index 768a9d4395..7024110549 100755
--- a/distrib/msw/zipdistinno.bat
+++ b/distrib/msw/zipdistinno.bat
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ if direxist %dest%\wxWindows-%version% erase /sxyz %dirname%\wxWindows-%version%
 mkdir %dest%\wxWindows-%version%
 cd %dest%\wxWindows-%version%
 unzip32 ..\wxOS2-%version%.zip
+echo Overwriting with OS2-specific versions of configure files...
+unzip32 -o %src%\distrib\os2\os2-specific.zip
 erase /Y src\gtk\descrip.mms src\motif\descrip.mms docs\pdf\*.pdf
 erase /Y src\tiff\*.mcp src\jpeg\*.mcp src\png\*.mcp src\zlib\*.mcp
 erase /SXY docs\html\dialoged docs\html\tex2rtf
diff --git a/distrib/msw/zipwxos2.bat b/distrib/msw/zipwxos2.bat
index 691c3fb67f..48f956dd00 100755
--- a/distrib/msw/zipwxos2.bat
+++ b/distrib/msw/zipwxos2.bat
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ if direxist %dest%\wxWindows-%version% erase /sxyz %dirname%\wxWindows-%version%
 mkdir %dest%\wxWindows-%version%
 cd %dest%\wxWindows-%version%
 unzip32 ..\wxOS2-%version%.zip
+echo Overwriting with OS2-specific versions of configure files...
+unzip32 -o %src%\distrib\os2\os2-specific.zip
 erase /Y src\gtk\descrip.mms src\motif\descrip.mms docs\pdf\*.pdf
 erase /Y src\tiff\*.mcp src\jpeg\*.mcp src\png\*.mcp src\zlib\*.mcp
 erase /SXY docs\html\dialoged docs\html\tex2rtf
diff --git a/distrib/os2/os2-specific.zip b/distrib/os2/os2-specific.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1876468ee
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