diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 17d16c929..dafce0e6f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ fi
 #####################
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(static,
-            [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-static],
+            [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-static-wx],
                             [link wx statically [default=no]])],
-            static_preference="--static=$enableval",
-            static_preference="")
+            static_wx_preference="--static=$enableval",
+            static_wx_preference="")
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(unicode,
             [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-unicode],
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 dnl more things we always pass to wx-config
-wxconfigargs="$static_preference $unicode_preference  $wxconfigargs $wx_preference"
+wxconfigargs="$static_wx_preference $unicode_preference  $wxconfigargs $wx_preference"
 wx_version=`${WX_CONFIG} $wxconfigargs --version`
 
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([Checking that the chosen version of wxWidgets is 2.8.x])
diff --git a/lib-src/FileDialog/configure.ac b/lib-src/FileDialog/configure.ac
index f18dd1e67..d0b4133d7 100644
--- a/lib-src/FileDialog/configure.ac
+++ b/lib-src/FileDialog/configure.ac
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ AC_HEADER_STDC
 # Check for debug
 #
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(static,
-            [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-static],
+            [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-static-wx],
                             [link wx statically (default=no)])],
-            static_preference="--static=$enableval",
-            static_preference="")
+            static_wx_preference="--static=$enableval",
+            static_wx_preference="")
 
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(unicode,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ fi
 
 dnl Gather wx arguments
 
-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS `$WX_CONFIG $static_preference $unicode_preference $debug_preference $wx_preference --cxxflags`"
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS `$WX_CONFIG $static_wx_preference $unicode_preference $debug_preference $wx_preference --cxxflags`"
 
 dnl OS-specific configuration
 
diff --git a/lib-src/lib-widget-extra/configure.in b/lib-src/lib-widget-extra/configure.in
index 57beb6391..f15ae998d 100644
--- a/lib-src/lib-widget-extra/configure.in
+++ b/lib-src/lib-widget-extra/configure.in
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ fi
 dnl Build Options
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(static,
-            [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-static],
+            [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-static-wx],
                             [link wx statically [default=no]])],
-            static_preference="--static=$enableval",
-            static_preference="")
+            static_wx_preference="--static=$enableval",
+            static_wx_preference="")
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(unicode,
             [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-unicode],
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 dnl more things we always pass to wx-config
-wxconfigargs="$static_preference $unicode_preference  $wxconfigargs $wx_preference"
+wxconfigargs="$static_wx_preference $unicode_preference  $wxconfigargs $wx_preference"
 
 wx_version=`${WX_CONFIG} $wxconfigargs --version`