diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e76a56a6e1..acf04e1cee 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -38662,9 +38662,9 @@ if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
             ;;
     esac
 fi
-case "wxUSE_REGEX" in
+case "$wxUSE_REGEX" in
     builtin)
-        wxconfig_3rdparty="pcre $wxconfig_3rdparty"
+        wxconfig_3rdparty="regex${lib_unicode_suffix} $wxconfig_3rdparty"
         ;;
     sys)
         WXCONFIG_LIBS="$PCRE_LINK $WXCONFIG_LIBS"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 12cae2fd01..4f16ae1f57 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8260,9 +8260,9 @@ if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
             ;;
     esac
 fi
-case "wxUSE_REGEX" in
+case "$wxUSE_REGEX" in
     builtin)
-        wxconfig_3rdparty="pcre $wxconfig_3rdparty"
+        wxconfig_3rdparty="regex${lib_unicode_suffix} $wxconfig_3rdparty"
         ;;
     sys)
         WXCONFIG_LIBS="$PCRE_LINK $WXCONFIG_LIBS"