diff --git a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
index 569ca71aac..d2bb2f63de 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
@@ -786,12 +786,15 @@ void wxXmlResourceHandler::AddStyle(const wxString& name, int value)
 void wxXmlResourceHandler::AddWindowStyles()
 {
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxCLIP_CHILDREN);
-    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxSIMPLE_BORDER);
-    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxSUNKEN_BORDER);
-    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxDOUBLE_BORDER);
-    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxRAISED_BORDER);
-    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxSTATIC_BORDER);
-    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxNO_BORDER);
+
+    // the border styles all have the old and new names, recognize both for now
+    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxSIMPLE_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_SIMPLE);
+    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxSUNKEN_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_SUNKEN);
+    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxDOUBLE_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_DOUBLE);
+    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxRAISED_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_RAISED);
+    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxSTATIC_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_STATIC);
+    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxNO_BORDER);     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_NONE);
+
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxTRANSPARENT_WINDOW);
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxWANTS_CHARS);
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxTAB_TRAVERSAL);