diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8b657fb07d..15912b31cb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18630,6 +18630,12 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 
 
 
+  if test "$cross_compiling" = "yes"; then
+    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define wxUSE_IOSTREAMH 1
+_ACEOF
+
+  else
 
 
     ac_ext=cc
@@ -18805,6 +18811,7 @@ ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
 ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
 ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
+  fi
 
 
 
@@ -21877,7 +21884,7 @@ fi
     if pkg-config --atleast-pkgconfig-version 0.7 ; then
       :
     else
-      echo "*** pkg-config too old; version 0.7 or better required."
+      echo *** pkg-config too old; version 0.7 or better required.
       no_gtk=yes
       PKG_CONFIG=no
     fi
@@ -41184,6 +41191,64 @@ else
                                     CODE_GEN_FLAGS="-DNO_GCC_PRAGMA $CODE_GEN_FLAGS"
             CPPFLAGS="-DNO_GCC_PRAGMA $CPPFLAGS"
             ;;
+        *-*-mingw32* )
+                                                            if test "$wxUSE_STL" = "yes"; then
+               echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking If this MinGW version needs -DNO_GCC_PRAGMA" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking If this MinGW version needs -DNO_GCC_PRAGMA... $ECHO_C" >&6
+               cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+#if !(__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 2)
+                               #error "Not GCC 3.2 or greater"
+                               #endif
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
+			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  CODE_GEN_FLAGS="-DNO_GCC_PRAGMA $CODE_GEN_FLAGS"
+                               CPPFLAGS="-DNO_GCC_PRAGMA $CPPFLAGS"
+                               echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+fi
+rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+            fi
+            ;;
     esac
 fi
 
@@ -41454,11 +41519,14 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
   fi
 
   if test "x$no_cppunit" = x ; then
-     SUBDIRS="$SUBDIRS tests"
+     echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6
+                        SUBDIRS="$SUBDIRS tests"
   else
      CPPUNIT_CFLAGS=""
      CPPUNIT_LIBS=""
-     :
+     echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
   fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0f65fc66ee..3e2b499be3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5997,6 +5997,24 @@ else
             CODE_GEN_FLAGS="-DNO_GCC_PRAGMA $CODE_GEN_FLAGS"
             CPPFLAGS="-DNO_GCC_PRAGMA $CPPFLAGS"
             ;;
+        *-*-mingw32* )
+            dnl MinGW GCC versions >= 3.2 have problems with
+            dnl static member of classes derived from templates
+            dnl in combination with #pragme interface/implementation
+            dnl (the test case uses 4 files)
+            if test "$wxUSE_STL" = "yes"; then
+               AC_MSG_CHECKING([If this MinGW version needs -DNO_GCC_PRAGMA])
+               AC_TRY_COMPILE([],
+                              [#if !(__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 2)
+                               #error "Not GCC 3.2 or greater"
+                               #endif
+                               ],
+                              [CODE_GEN_FLAGS="-DNO_GCC_PRAGMA $CODE_GEN_FLAGS"
+                               CPPFLAGS="-DNO_GCC_PRAGMA $CPPFLAGS"
+                               AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
+                              [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
+            fi
+            ;;
     esac
 fi
 
@@ -6194,7 +6212,9 @@ else dnl we build wxBase only
     SUBDIRS="samples utils"
 fi
 dnl Add tests to the list of subdirs if cppunit 1.8.0+ is detected
-AM_PATH_CPPUNIT(1.8.0, SUBDIRS="$SUBDIRS tests")
+AM_PATH_CPPUNIT(1.8.0, [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+                        SUBDIRS="$SUBDIRS tests"],
+                       [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
 
 for subdir in `echo $SUBDIRS`; do
     if test -d ${srcdir}/${subdir} ; then
diff --git a/docs/msw/install.txt b/docs/msw/install.txt
index 7c3d96a1ad..4233984c8f 100644
--- a/docs/msw/install.txt
+++ b/docs/msw/install.txt
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ Here are the steps required using the provided makefiles:
 - If you are using gcc-2.95, edit build\msw\config.gcc and set the GCC_VERSION
   variable to "2.95".
 
+- If you are compiling with GCC 3.x using makefiles and with wxUSE_STL == 1
+  you need to manually add -DNO_GCC_PRAGMA to CXXFLAGS in config.gcc.
+
 - Use the makefile.gcc files for compiling wxWindows and samples,
   e.g. to compile a debugging version of wxWindows:
   > cd c:\wx\build\msw