diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 5f85aa35a7..cd2b1bf0bd 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ flags=(-DCMAKE_BUILD_PO=FALSE)
 
 cleanBuild=0
 useClang=0
-Build64=0
 
 for ARG in "$@"; do
     case "$ARG" in
@@ -70,10 +69,6 @@ for ARG in "$@"; do
     esac
 done
 
-if [[ (-f /usr/bin/wx-config32-2.8 && -f /usr/bin/wxrc32-2.8) && "$Build64" -eq 0 ]]; then
-#add flags for archlinux, wx 3 is not yet in main repositories, wx2.8 need to be used for now
-flags+=(-DwxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE='/usr/bin/wx-config32-2.8' -DwxWidgets_wxrc_EXECUTABLE='/usr/bin/wxrc32-2.8' -DWX28_API=TRUE)
-fi
 root=$PWD/$(dirname "$0")
 log=$root/install_log.txt
 build=$root/build
diff --git a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
index 5e3d0278ab..f8897472cf 100644
--- a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
@@ -22,6 +22,35 @@ if(Fedora AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
 else()
     set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS --unicode=yes)
 endif()
+
+# Temprorary help for Arch-based distros.
+# They have wx2.8, lib32-wx2.8 and wx3.0 but no lib32-wx3.0.
+# wx2.8 => /usr/bin/wx-config-2.8, /usr/bin/wxrc-2.8
+# lib32-wx2.8 => /usr/bin/wx-config32-2.8, /usr/bin/wxrc32-2.8
+# wx3.0 => /usr/bin/wx-config, /usr/bin/wxrc -> /usr/bin/wxrc-3.0
+# I'm going to take a wild guess and predict this:
+# lib32-wx3.0 => /usr/bin/wx-config32-3.0, /usr/bin/wxrc32-3.0
+# FindwxWidgets only searches for wxrc and wx-config. Therefore only native
+# wx3.0 works since everything else has non-standard naming.
+if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+    # Prefer wx3.0 if available. May need to fix the filenames for lib32-wx3.0.
+    if(${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "i386" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config32-3.0" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wxrc32-3.0")
+        set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wx-config32-3.0")
+        set(wxWidgets_wxrc_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wxrc32-3.0")
+    elseif(${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "i386" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config32-2.8" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wxrc32-2.8")
+        set(WX28_API TRUE)
+        set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wx-config32-2.8")
+        set(wxWidgets_wxrc_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wxrc32-2.8")
+    endif()
+else()
+    # Prefer wx3.0 if available.
+    if(EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config-2.8" AND EXISTS "/usr/bin/wxrc-2.8" AND (NOT EXISTS "/usr/bin/wx-config" OR NOT EXISTS "/usr/bin/wxrc"))
+        set(WX28_API TRUE)
+        set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wx-config-2.8")
+        set(wxWidgets_wxrc_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/wxrc-2.8")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 find_package(wxWidgets COMPONENTS base core adv)
 find_package(ZLIB)