diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ff623d0c88..f3ac2e8d51 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -19499,7 +19499,7 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Could not determine deployment target from SDKSetting
         wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN=
     fi
 elif test "x$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN" = "x"; then
-    wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN=10.5
+    wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN=10.7
 fi
 
 if test "x$MACOSX_SDK_OPTS" != "x"; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2772441e8f..67efe98e1e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ dnl We need to quote the next line where we don't need macros and do need [] in
         wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN=
     fi
 elif test "x$wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN" = "x"; then
-    wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN=10.5
+    wxUSE_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN=10.7
 fi
 
 if test "x$MACOSX_SDK_OPTS" != "x"; then