diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index dab409f14d..dad125c8c5 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ while test ${D}# -gt 0; do
         shift
         ;;
 
-       -l*|-L*|-flat_namespace|-headerpad_max_install_names)
+       -l*|-L*|-Wl,*|-flat_namespace|-headerpad_max_install_names)
         # collect these options
         args="${D}{args} ${D}1"
         ;;
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c39fbe82a2..4d900e0b16 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -35771,7 +35771,7 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_DMALLOC" = "yes" ; then
-    DMALLOC_LIBS="-ldmalloc"
+    DMALLOC_LIBS="-ldmallocthcxx"
 fi
 
 PROFILE=
@@ -42117,7 +42117,7 @@ while test ${D}# -gt 0; do
         shift
         ;;
 
-       -l*|-L*|-flat_namespace|-headerpad_max_install_names)
+       -l*|-L*|-Wl,*|-flat_namespace|-headerpad_max_install_names)
         # collect these options
         args="${D}{args} ${D}1"
         ;;