diff --git a/build/cmake/config.cmake b/build/cmake/config.cmake
index 56fc23ce77..d397f0dca2 100644
--- a/build/cmake/config.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/config.cmake
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ macro(wx_configure_script input output)
         )
 endmacro()
 
+macro(wx_get_dependencies var lib)
+    set(${var})
+    if(TARGET ${lib})
+        get_target_property(deps ${lib} LINK_LIBRARIES)
+        foreach(dep IN LISTS deps)
+            get_filename_component(name ${dep} NAME)
+            wx_string_append(${var} "${name} ")
+        endforeach()
+        string(STRIP ${${var}} ${var})
+    endif()
+endmacro()
+
 function(wx_write_config_inplace)
     wx_configure_script(
         "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wx-config-inplace.in"
@@ -108,26 +120,33 @@ function(wx_write_config)
     set(WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME_GUI "wx_${TOOLKIT_DIR}${TOOLKIT_VERSION}${WIDGET_SET}${lib_unicode_suffix}")
     set(WX_LIBRARY_BASENAME_NOGUI "wx_base${lib_unicode_suffix}")
 
-    set(WXCONFIG_LIBS)
-    set(EXTRALIBS_GUI)
-    set(EXTRALIBS_SDL)
-    set(EXTRALIBS_HTML)
-    set(EXTRALIBS_STC)
-    set(EXTRALIBS_WEBVIEW)
-    set(EXTRALIBS_XML)
-    set(EXTRALIBS_MEDIA)
-    set(OPENGL_LIBS)
+    wx_get_dependencies(WXCONFIG_LIBS base)
+    wx_get_dependencies(EXTRALIBS_GUI core)
+    set(EXTRALIBS_SDL) # included in core libs when SDL is enabled
+    wx_get_dependencies(EXTRALIBS_HTML html)
+    wx_get_dependencies(EXTRALIBS_STC stc)
+    wx_get_dependencies(EXTRALIBS_WEBVIEW webview)
+    wx_get_dependencies(EXTRALIBS_XML xml)
+    wx_get_dependencies(EXTRALIBS_MEDIA media)
+    wx_get_dependencies(OPENGL_LIBS gl)
     set(DMALLOC_LIBS)
 
     set(CC ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER})
     set(CXX ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER})
     set(WXCONFIG_CFLAGS)
     set(WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS)
-    set(WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS)
-    set(WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS)
+    if(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
+        set(WXCONFIG_CFLAGS "-pthread")
+        set(WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS "-pthread")
+    endif()
+    set(WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS "-DWXUSINGDLL")
+    foreach(flag IN LISTS wxTOOLKIT_DEFINITIONS)
+        wx_string_append(WXCONFIG_CPPFLAGS " -D${flag}")
+    endforeach()
+    set(WXCONFIG_CXXFLAGS ${WXCONFIG_CFLAGS})
     set(WXCONFIG_LDFLAGS_GUI)
     set(WXCONFIG_RESFLAGS)
-    set(WXCONFIG_RPATH)
+    set(WXCONFIG_RPATH "-Wl,-rpath,\$libdir")
     set(LDFLAGS_GL)
     set(RESCOMP)