diff --git a/setup.h_vms b/setup.h_vms
index aa63876e8e..37e85b1ae9 100644
--- a/setup.h_vms
+++ b/setup.h_vms
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Template for the set.h file for VMS                                       *
  * Created from setup.h_in                                                   *
  * Author : J.Jansen (joukj@hrem.nano.tudelft.nl)                            *
- * Date : 24 June 2021                                                       *
+ * Date : 22 September 2021                                                  *
  *                                                                           *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ typedef pid_t GPid;
 
 #define wxUSE_SECRETSTORE   0
 
+#define wxUSE_SPELLCHECK    1
+
 #define wxUSE_STDPATHS      1
 
 #define wxUSE_TEXTBUFFER    1