diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a1006ee4d4..db8eb04df0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4659,7 +4659,9 @@ fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_DEBUG_GDB" = "yes" ; then
     wxUSE_DEBUG_INFO=yes
-    WXDEBUG="-ggdb"
+    if test "$GCC" = yes; then
+        WXDEBUG="-ggdb"
+    fi
 fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_DEBUG_FLAG" = "yes" ; then