diff --git a/build/bakefiles/common.bkl b/build/bakefiles/common.bkl
index 7d6290acac..3daa897163 100644
--- a/build/bakefiles/common.bkl
+++ b/build/bakefiles/common.bkl
@@ -489,7 +489,9 @@ $(TAB)$(VC_COMPILER) /EP /nologo "$(DOLLAR)(InputPath)" > "$(SETUPHDIR)\wx\msw\r
             <lib-path>$(MGLLIBPATH)</lib-path>
             <lib-path>$(MGLLIBPATH)/$(MGLPMLIBPATH)</lib-path>
         </if>
+
         <warnings>max</warnings>
+        <cxxflags cond="FORMAT=='autoconf'">$(CXXWARNINGS)</cxxflags>
         <cppflags-watcom>
             -wcd=549 <!-- 'sizeof' operand contains compiler generated information -->
             -wcd=656 <!-- define this function inside its class definition (may improve code quality) -->
diff --git a/build/bakefiles/config.bkl b/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
index 3e1ca4d453..d0458b1701 100644
--- a/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
+++ b/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ to run the tests, include CppUnit library here.
         <option name="EXTRALIBS_OPENGL"/>
         <option name="EXTRALIBS_SDL"/>
         <option name="EXTRALIBS_GNOMEPRINT"/>
+        <option name="CXXWARNINGS"/>
         <option name="HOST_SUFFIX"/>
         <option name="SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG"/>
         <option name="SAMPLES_RPATH_POSTLINK"/>
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2c82bd1d57..af162f6ddb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ WX_LIB_FLAVOUR
 WXUNIV
 MONOLITHIC
 USE_PLUGINS
+CXXWARNINGS
 EXTRALIBS
 EXTRALIBS_XML
 EXTRALIBS_HTML
@@ -45405,7 +45406,7 @@ 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 $CXXWARNINGS $C_AND_CXX_FLAGS $CXXFLAGS `
+CXXFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS $C_AND_CXX_FLAGS $CXXFLAGS `
 
 WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS $WXCONFIG_ONLY_CPPFLAGS`
 
@@ -45544,6 +45545,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
 
 
 TOOLKIT_LOWERCASE=`echo $TOOLKIT | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]"`
@@ -49930,6 +49932,7 @@ WX_LIB_FLAVOUR!$WX_LIB_FLAVOUR$ac_delim
 WXUNIV!$WXUNIV$ac_delim
 MONOLITHIC!$MONOLITHIC$ac_delim
 USE_PLUGINS!$USE_PLUGINS$ac_delim
+CXXWARNINGS!$CXXWARNINGS$ac_delim
 EXTRALIBS!$EXTRALIBS$ac_delim
 EXTRALIBS_XML!$EXTRALIBS_XML$ac_delim
 EXTRALIBS_HTML!$EXTRALIBS_HTML$ac_delim
@@ -49999,7 +50002,6 @@ COND_BUILD_DEBUG_DEBUG_INFO_DEFAULT!$COND_BUILD_DEBUG_DEBUG_INFO_DEFAULT$ac_deli
 COND_BUILD_DEBUG_UNICODE_0!$COND_BUILD_DEBUG_UNICODE_0$ac_delim
 COND_BUILD_DEBUG_UNICODE_1!$COND_BUILD_DEBUG_UNICODE_1$ac_delim
 COND_BUILD_RELEASE!$COND_BUILD_RELEASE$ac_delim
-COND_BUILD_RELEASE_DEBUG_INFO_DEFAULT!$COND_BUILD_RELEASE_DEBUG_INFO_DEFAULT$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -50041,6 +50043,7 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+COND_BUILD_RELEASE_DEBUG_INFO_DEFAULT!$COND_BUILD_RELEASE_DEBUG_INFO_DEFAULT$ac_delim
 COND_BUILD_RELEASE_UNICODE_0!$COND_BUILD_RELEASE_UNICODE_0$ac_delim
 COND_BUILD_RELEASE_UNICODE_1!$COND_BUILD_RELEASE_UNICODE_1$ac_delim
 COND_DEBUG_FLAG_1!$COND_DEBUG_FLAG_1$ac_delim
@@ -50137,7 +50140,6 @@ COND_TOOLKIT_COCOA_USE_GUI_1!$COND_TOOLKIT_COCOA_USE_GUI_1$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_COCOA_USE_GUI_1_WXUNIV_0!$COND_TOOLKIT_COCOA_USE_GUI_1_WXUNIV_0$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_DFB!$COND_TOOLKIT_DFB$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_DFB_USE_GUI_1!$COND_TOOLKIT_DFB_USE_GUI_1$ac_delim
-COND_TOOLKIT_GTK!$COND_TOOLKIT_GTK$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -50179,6 +50181,7 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+COND_TOOLKIT_GTK!$COND_TOOLKIT_GTK$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_GTK_TOOLKIT_VERSION_!$COND_TOOLKIT_GTK_TOOLKIT_VERSION_$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_GTK_TOOLKIT_VERSION_2!$COND_TOOLKIT_GTK_TOOLKIT_VERSION_2$ac_delim
 COND_TOOLKIT_GTK_TOOLKIT_VERSION_2_USE_GUI_1!$COND_TOOLKIT_GTK_TOOLKIT_VERSION_2_USE_GUI_1$ac_delim
@@ -50275,7 +50278,6 @@ SAMPLES_SUBDIRS!$SAMPLES_SUBDIRS$ac_delim
 LDFLAGS_GL!$LDFLAGS_GL$ac_delim
 OPENGL_LIBS!$OPENGL_LIBS$ac_delim
 DMALLOC_LIBS!$DMALLOC_LIBS$ac_delim
-WX_VERSION_TAG!$WX_VERSION_TAG$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -50317,6 +50319,7 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+WX_VERSION_TAG!$WX_VERSION_TAG$ac_delim
 RESCOMP!$RESCOMP$ac_delim
 RESFLAGS!$RESFLAGS$ac_delim
 RESPROGRAMOBJ!$RESPROGRAMOBJ$ac_delim
@@ -50331,7 +50334,7 @@ LIBOBJS!$LIBOBJS$ac_delim
 LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
-  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 12; then
+  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 13; then
     break
   elif $ac_last_try; then
     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 23393e8243..fec3b76fb0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7593,7 +7593,7 @@ 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 $CXXWARNINGS $C_AND_CXX_FLAGS $CXXFLAGS `
+CXXFLAGS=`echo $WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS $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
@@ -7725,6 +7725,7 @@ AC_SUBST(WXUNIV)
 AC_SUBST(MONOLITHIC)
 AC_SUBST(USE_PLUGINS)
 AC_SUBST(LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(CXXWARNINGS)
 AC_SUBST(EXTRALIBS)
 AC_SUBST(EXTRALIBS_XML)
 AC_SUBST(EXTRALIBS_HTML)