diff --git a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
index fb9ab57d..7cac877d 100644
--- a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ endif(ENABLE_OPENAL)
 # 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")
+list(APPEND wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS --version=2.8 --toolkit=gtk2)
 FIND_PACKAGE ( wxWidgets REQUIRED )
 EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND sh "${wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE}" --cxxflags)
 INCLUDE( ${wxWidgets_USE_FILE} )