diff --git a/include/wx/cppunit.h b/include/wx/cppunit.h
index 9944daf9ee..976adb6605 100644
--- a/include/wx/cppunit.h
+++ b/include/wx/cppunit.h
@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@
 #ifdef __BORLANDC__
     #pragma warn -8022
 #endif
- 
+
+#ifndef CPPUNIT_STD_NEED_ALLOCATOR
+    #define CPPUNIT_STD_NEED_ALLOCATOR 0
+#endif
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Set the default format for the errors, which can be used by an IDE to jump
 // to the error location. This default gets overridden by the cppunit headers
 // for some compilers (e.g. VC++).
 
-#ifndef CPPUNIT_COMPILER_LOCATION_FORMAT 
+#ifndef CPPUNIT_COMPILER_LOCATION_FORMAT
     #define CPPUNIT_COMPILER_LOCATION_FORMAT "%p:%l:"
 #endif