diff --git a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
index 64029be5..fb9ab57d 100644
--- a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ endif(ENABLE_OPENAL)
 # adv is for wxAboutBox
 # xml, html is for xrc
 SET( wxWidgets_USE_LIBS xrc xml html adv gl net core base )
+#Make sure we use the libwxgtk2.8 toolkit
+set(wxWidgets_CUSTOM_OPTIONS "--toolkit=gtk2")
 FIND_PACKAGE ( wxWidgets REQUIRED )
 EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND sh "${wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE}" --cxxflags)
 INCLUDE( ${wxWidgets_USE_FILE} )