diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4a28b906f7..9744a94c47 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ WXCONFIG_CFLAGS
 WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS
 WXCONFIG_LIBS
 WXCONFIG_RPATH
+WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS
 WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS_GUI
 WXCONFIG_RESFLAGS
 GUIDIST
@@ -39277,7 +39278,8 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}$THREADS_OK" >&6; }
           { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: No thread support on this system... disabled" >&5
 echo "$as_me: WARNING: No thread support on this system... disabled" >&2;}
       else
-                              LDFLAGS="$THREADS_CFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
+                                                                                          LDFLAGS="$THREADS_CFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
+          WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS="$THREADS_CFLAGS $WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS"
           LIBS="$THREADS_LINK $LIBS"
 
           { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if more special flags are required for pthreads" >&5
@@ -39286,6 +39288,7 @@ echo $ECHO_N "checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... $ECHO_
           case "${host}" in
             *-aix*)
                                                                                                                 LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/threads $LDFLAGS"
+                WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/threads $WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS"
                 flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE"
                 ;;
             *-freebsd*)
@@ -47345,22 +47348,25 @@ fi
 
 
 
-
+EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS=
 if test "$wxUSE_MAC" = 1 ; then
     if test "$USE_DARWIN" = 1; then
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework IOKit -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework AudioToolbox -framework System -framework OpenGL -framework QuickTime"
+        EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="-framework IOKit -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework AudioToolbox -framework System -framework OpenGL -framework QuickTime"
     fi
 fi
 if test "$wxUSE_COCOA" = 1 ; then
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework IOKit -framework Cocoa"
+    EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="-framework IOKit -framework Cocoa"
     if test "$wxUSE_MEDIACTRL" = "yes"; then
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework QuickTime"
+        EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="$EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS -framework QuickTime"
     fi
 fi
 if test "$USE_DARWIN" = 1 -a "$wxUSE_MAC" != 1 -a "$wxUSE_COCOA" != 1 ; then
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework IOKit -framework CoreServices -framework System -framework ApplicationServices"
+    EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="$EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS -framework IOKit -framework CoreServices -framework System -framework ApplicationServices"
 fi
 
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS"
+WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS="$WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS $EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS"
+
 LIBS="$ZLIB_LINK $POSIX4_LINK $INET_LINK $WCHAR_LINK $DL_LINK $LIBS"
 
 if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
@@ -51140,6 +51146,7 @@ SAMPLES_SUBDIRS="`echo $SAMPLES_SUBDIRS | tr -s ' ' | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq
 
 
 
+
 
 
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \$(MAKE)" >&5
@@ -52598,6 +52605,7 @@ WXCONFIG_CFLAGS!$WXCONFIG_CFLAGS$ac_delim
 WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS!$WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS$ac_delim
 WXCONFIG_LIBS!$WXCONFIG_LIBS$ac_delim
 WXCONFIG_RPATH!$WXCONFIG_RPATH$ac_delim
+WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS!$WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS$ac_delim
 WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS_GUI!$WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS_GUI$ac_delim
 WXCONFIG_RESFLAGS!$WXCONFIG_RESFLAGS$ac_delim
 GUIDIST!$GUIDIST$ac_delim
@@ -52622,7 +52630,7 @@ LIBOBJS!$LIBOBJS$ac_delim
 LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
-  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 41; then
+  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 42; then
     break
   elif $ac_last_try; then
     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3312a0a69e..94239e8127 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4894,7 +4894,14 @@ if test "$TOOLKIT" != "MSW" -a "$USE_OS2" != 1; then
       else
           dnl yes, these special compiler flags should be used with the
           dnl linker as well
+          dnl
+          dnl NB: add them to LDFLAGS immediately because we need them to be
+          dnl     used for the subsequent tests some of which can fail without
+          dnl     MT support, hence the reason for the duplication below:
+          dnl     adding them just to WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS and adding the entire
+          dnl     contents of the latter to LDFLAGS in the end is not enough.
           LDFLAGS="$THREADS_CFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
+          WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS="$THREADS_CFLAGS $WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS"
           LIBS="$THREADS_LINK $LIBS"
 
           AC_MSG_CHECKING([if more special flags are required for pthreads])
@@ -4908,6 +4915,7 @@ if test "$TOOLKIT" != "MSW" -a "$USE_OS2" != 1; then
                 dnl     search path should include -L/usr/lib/threads at the
                 dnl     beginning of the path.
                 LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/threads $LDFLAGS"
+                WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/threads $WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS"
                 flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE"
                 ;;
             *-freebsd*)
@@ -7461,22 +7469,25 @@ dnl Output the makefiles and such from the results found above
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 dnl all additional libraries (except wxWidgets itself) we link with
-
+EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS=
 if test "$wxUSE_MAC" = 1 ; then
     if test "$USE_DARWIN" = 1; then
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework IOKit -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework AudioToolbox -framework System -framework OpenGL -framework QuickTime"
+        EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="-framework IOKit -framework Carbon -framework Cocoa -framework AudioToolbox -framework System -framework OpenGL -framework QuickTime"
     fi
 fi
 if test "$wxUSE_COCOA" = 1 ; then
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework IOKit -framework Cocoa"
+    EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="-framework IOKit -framework Cocoa"
     if test "$wxUSE_MEDIACTRL" = "yes"; then
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework QuickTime"
+        EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="$EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS -framework QuickTime"
     fi
 fi
 if test "$USE_DARWIN" = 1 -a "$wxUSE_MAC" != 1 -a "$wxUSE_COCOA" != 1 ; then
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework IOKit -framework CoreServices -framework System -framework ApplicationServices"
+    EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS="$EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS -framework IOKit -framework CoreServices -framework System -framework ApplicationServices"
 fi
 
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS"
+WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS="$WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS $EXTRA_FRAMEWORKS"
+
 LIBS="$ZLIB_LINK $POSIX4_LINK $INET_LINK $WCHAR_LINK $DL_LINK $LIBS"
 
 if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
@@ -8048,6 +8059,7 @@ AC_SUBST(WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS)
 
 AC_SUBST(WXCONFIG_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(WXCONFIG_RPATH)
+AC_SUBST(WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS_GUI)
 AC_SUBST(WXCONFIG_RESFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/wx-config.in b/wx-config.in
index cb0397a472..28e9fa4c0c 100755
--- a/wx-config.in
+++ b/wx-config.in
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ if [ -n "$output_option_libs" ]; then
 
     is_installed || [ -n "$flag_option_no_rpath" ] || _rpath="@WXCONFIG_RPATH@"
 
-    echo $_ldflags "@LDFLAGS@" $_rpath $wx_libs "@DMALLOC_LIBS@"
+    echo $_ldflags "@WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS@" $_rpath $wx_libs "@DMALLOC_LIBS@"
 
 elif [ -n "$output_option_optional_libs" ]; then
     # if only --optional-libs then output just the libs